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heel in

verb

  1. tr, adverb to insert (cuttings, shoots, etc) into the soil before planting to keep them moist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Well aware that the divisive issue could be their Achilles’ heel in November, the GOP is pretending to soften its opposition to abortion rights.

Jason Sudeikis similarly envisioned "Ted Lasso" seasons playing out like "A New Hope," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," down to having a gentle character turn heel in its second season before redeeming himself in time for the big finish.

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Nikola wears Cartier Signature Cs; Kenzo rose fitted shirt in faded pink mesh polyamide; rose turtleneck top in faded pink mesh polyamide; kitten heel in leather covered by faded pink Kenzo rose printed textile.

Columbus used his foreknowledge of a lunar eclipse to force the Arawak residents of present-day Jamaica to heel in fear.

A team led by Jan-Henning Klusmann from the Department of Pediatrics and Dirk Heckl from the Institute for Experimental Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Goethe University Frankfurt has now discovered an unusual "Achilles heel" in AML cells.

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