as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
felt like a heel when she found out that she'd blamed the wrong person
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as in to slope
to set or cause to be at an angle
the strong gust heeled the sailboat almost to the point of capsizing, but we managed to right it
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Recent Examples of heel
Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Bell Media’s new deal with Green comes on the heels of several other high-profile TV development partnerships made between the media company and talent and studios, including agreements with Seth Green and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures, Lionsgate and Elliot Page’s PAGEBOY Productions.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Tony Ambroza, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
With nine minutes remaining, Francis Lee crossed the ball in to the penalty area for Law to almost apologetically back heel it past Alex Stepney to win the game for City.
—Sam Pilger, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Patel's is one in a recent streak of contentious confirmations breaking Trump's way, coming on the heels of Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation as director of national intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s as Health and Human Services secretary.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Bell Media’s new deal with Green comes on the heels of several other high-profile TV development partnerships made between the media company and talent and studios, including agreements with Seth Green and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures, Lionsgate and Elliot Page’s PAGEBOY Productions.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
While legacy brands do have the benefit of staying power, this inertia can often serve as their Achilles heel over time.
—Tony Ambroza, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
With nine minutes remaining, Francis Lee crossed the ball in to the penalty area for Law to almost apologetically back heel it past Alex Stepney to win the game for City.
—Sam Pilger, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Verb
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Another warning for toddler parents: Keep in mind that some toddler beds have higher sides that slope down, creating an opening in the middle.—
Shoko Wanger,
Architectural Digest,
12 Feb. 2025
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But the West isn’t shaped like the central United States, which slopes gently southward.—
Robert Greene,
The Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Diagnosed first with Jeavons syndrome in 2018/19—a rare form of epilepsy characterized by absence seizures and eyelid jerks—a 1,000-gene epilepsy panel in 2020 revealed further health problems.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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My job was to go over there and not be a jerk and try to advance the stand-up ball a couple of yards for the next guy that comes over there.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This is because the moon's orbit is tilted about five degrees relative to Earth's path around the sun, which means the sun, Earth and moon won't line up perfectly this time.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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Millennium Partners Los Angeles is the local arm of New York developer Millennium Partners, which is known for building large-scale projects such as Millennium Tower in San Francisco, a luxury condo skyscraper that experienced sinking and tilting, prompting lawsuits from condo owners.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
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According to LifeLine, the DeKalb shelter takes in 135 dogs a week on average.—
Jim Gaines,
ajc,
13 Sep. 2023
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Photo: Getty Images Designed to mimic the effects of the elements, Meghan sported a natural dewy base with blusher angled up to the cheekbone, along with a matching glossy nude lip.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2025
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Hopkins is set to become an unrestricted free agent in 2025, and there are likely to be many teams that will be angling to bring him in.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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While the aforementioned gamer creep threatens to rob us of silly confrontational television, there’s been one thing stopping them and making season three entertaining: The Traitors picked this season are dysfunctional clowns.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
6 Feb. 2025
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There was a good joke buried in that conceit: maybe only clowns spend as much time in the makeup chair as the drag artists that have provided Roan the inspiration for her primary look.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Marvin’s snake of a drug lord brother, Knuckles (Daniel Wu), has a score to settle: His outfit’s legal eagle, Rose (Ariana DeBose), has stolen from him, though the money belongs to Russian overlords who make an 11th-hour appearance.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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Many snakes and lizards must have escaped the inferno, inactive and tucked safely below.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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Medium-sized animals like skunks, bobcats and foxes also did not vanish.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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Bats and skunks are common transmitters of the disease.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Dec. 2024
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“Heel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heel. Accessed 25 Feb. 2025.
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