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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Biden's Interior Department in 2024 had cited risks to caribou and fish populations that dozens of native communities rely on for subsistence.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Experts and business owners told with regards to the retail sector that raising prices to cope with long-term inflationary trends and recent pressures is a difficult balancing act—that while potentially necessary to protect profitability, risks alienating increasingly budget-conscious consumers.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The two-door, three-person Can-Am Defender Limited and the four-door, six-person Defender Max Limited have 82-horsepower engines, power steering, tow hitches with a 2,500-pound towing capacity, winches, air conditioning and heating, a full hard roof and a three-position tilt-up glass windshield.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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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
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For a novice member of the field, the coolest details of the event doubled as booby traps.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Specialized teams were called to the scene to defuse booby traps in the residential building, city police said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, there remain several potential snags.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Developers have yet to break ground, while people familiar with the matter in the UAE, Nairobi, and Washington catalog problems with the project, extending from grand geopolitics to quotidian financial snags.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Land mines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/land%20mines. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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