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Britishverb
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Then Hübers finally rewarded Cologne’s dominance with his heel in the 69th and Denis Huseinbasic got the home team’s fifth in the 81st.
From Washington Times
Though the Guerreros had been baby faces throughout their careers, Eddie Guerrero was determined to blaze his own path and bucked family tradition by casting himself in the role of a rudo, a bad guy or heel in American wrestling.
From Los Angeles Times
If we have a chance to make a big run, then those are the things we have to do because those have been our Achilles heel in those close games.
From Seattle Times
The rise of Giorgia Meloni, the firebrand ethno-nationalist seemingly victorious in Sunday’s elections, has sent shock waves through Europe and triggered fears that Italy might be the Achilles’ heel in Western resolve to resist Russia’s bloody campaign in Ukraine.
From Washington Post
With Jason having witnessed Vecna’s wrath firsthand, his becoming even more of a gun-toting heel in Vol.
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