It ended up as a double-edged sword however: the case studies provided great detail but also led quite a few to raise questions about the sustainability of the business.

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Despite being an advocate and practitioner of using parody when appropriate, I also recognize the perils as it can be a double-edged sword.

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The Internet, as always, is a double-edged sword.

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Despite its theoretical appeal, preemption as an IW strategy represents a double-edged sword.

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From what we can hear, the One X has excellent noise suppression, but that also became a double-edged sword as we moved to about two meters away from the phone -- the aggressive suppression started to interfere with our voice and therefore made it hard to interpret the distant speech.

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But this could be a double-edged sword, as drug companies are swamped with difficult-to-prioritize targets.

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However, success could be a double-edged sword, as early-season form could see several players getting England calls.

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However, military spending is a double-edged sword that can thoroughly distort the behavior of markets even as it is creating millions of jobs, and companies that decide to do business with the Pentagon often come to regret it.

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