Thanksgiving may be about family, but that comes with an intimidating collection of double-edged swords.
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But this public awareness of ED has been a double-edged sword.
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As a tool of social activism, plague functions as a double-edged sword.
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It's also a double-edged sword that could hurt local Democrats and Republicans alike.
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He can wield energy as a weapon now, but it is already proving a double-edged sword.
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The knife is double-edged, made of a flint, and has a wooden haft, inlaid with mother of pearl.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1|Hubert Howe Bancroft
It was a double-edged blade, and one small screw from Dr. Miller's junk box served to hold it.
The Blue Ghost Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
Near by was the guard-house with its grated windows, its iron bars being an appropriate design of double-edged swords and spears.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
It had a hilt of gold and a belt of silver, and its point was double-edged.
The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland|T. W. Rolleston
The Circassians are wonderfully expert in the use of fire-arms, and of their double-edged daggers.
Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.|Xavier Hommaire de Hell
British Dictionary definitions for double-edged
double-edged
adjective
acting in two ways; having a dual effecta double-edged law
(of a remark, argument, etc) having two possible interpretations, esp applicable both for and against or being really malicious though apparently innocuous
(of a sword, knife, etc) having a cutting edge on either side of the blade