Sentence examples for double-edged issue from inspiring English sources

Race can be a double-edged issue.

But privately, Mr. Gore's advisers have long acknowledged that gun control is a potentially double-edged issue.

Talking about lack of responsibility is a double-edged issue.

That sets up a moral problem for John Woo's film, raising double-edged issues of racism and trust that might have been made relevant to contemporary times.

"Blow His Mind!" reads one double-edged title in the July issue: "Just follow our directions and treat him to the hottest night of his life".

But the issue is a double-edged sword.

For many progressives, the corruption issue is a double-edged sword.

This is where the issue becomes a double-edged cake server, so to speak.

Howard Schultz, the head of the global coffee giant, told CNBC Wednesday that "the minimum wage issue is a double-edged sword," because while boosting it would mean higher wages for workers, it may also discourage businesses from hiring more people.

Each of those issues represents a "double-edged sword," Mr. Berger had said on the eve of the talks.

In an environment where women have to work harder, reach higher, and prove more than men to reach the same political goals, sometimes being dubbed as the front-runner can be a double-edged sword -- as are many issues related to women and politics.