Synonyms for double-edged sword
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1. double-edged swordnoun

   Synonyms:
   two-edged sword

2. double-edged swordnoun

   A benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but non-obvious cost or risk.

   Synonyms:
   two-edged sword

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1. Justin Dargin:

   This is a double-edged sword, if oil prices remain low, it is likely that its Gulf patrons will be forced to reduce some of their funding.

2. President Trump:

   Testing is a double-edged sword, weve tested now 25 million people. Its probably 20 million people more than anybody else ... Heres the bad part: When you do testing to that extent, youre going to find more people, youre going to find more cases. So I said to my people, slow the testing down -- please.

3. Shao Qinglong:

   . But that perceived guarantee is a double-edged sword for regulators, given than many investors are just holding on long enough to cut their losses. People like Shao Qinglong, a public service worker who has already lost over a quarter of Shao Qinglong capital investing in stocks, told Reuters all Shao Qinglong is waiting for is for the market to recover enough for Shao Qinglong to break even. : I didn't sell at the peak because people all say the market will rise beyond 6,000 points, i'm now waiting for the market to rebound so that I can get out.

4. Kimberly Gudzune:

   The excitement about these medications are, right now, a little bit of a double-edged sword that I’m glad that people are excited and feel like they have a treatment option for their obesity that would really be meaningful.

5. Asher Weinberger:

   Everything is a double-edged sword, the sharing economy has done so much for the world and for people. On the other hand, there is an underbelly of that. There's a dark side of that, like everything in life, right ?