as in risks
a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized
parents of teenagers never know when they might set off an emotional land mine
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Recent Examples of land mines
There are different ways to demine territory, from using dogs to sniff out land mines to sappers—combat engineers focusing on clearing mines—manually working their way through an area, or operators remotely controlling large demining machines.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The ninth inning revealed other land mines.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The ninth inning revealed other land mines.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for land mines
Noun
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One major concern experts have flagged is liquidity risks in private asset funds.—
Jenni Reid,Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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But being cautious doesn’t mean ignoring the risks.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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My connection often improved a few minutes later, but those drops could result in stuttering in games, hitches in streaming, and slow file downloads.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These may show up in Ukraine before long, perhaps walking ahead of patrols to find booby traps and clear routes through minefields, or taking bullets to expose enemy firing position.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Crews remain committed to the Garden Fire, which is burning in an area of snags on very steep terrain.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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It's pumiced enough to have no snags, no irks.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Land mines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/land%20mines. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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