as in hitch
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 mine
The fighting began last week after a land mine explosion along the border wounded five Thai soldiers.
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
As the sisters keep stepping on emotional land mines, director Nicole Kassell adopts a shakier handheld-camera style that underlines Meghann Fahy’s and Milly Alcock’s rawer performances.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Her parents were Polish immigrants, and her father, who ran a kosher butcher shop, had lost a leg to a land mine.
—Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
Lebanon was issued a level 4 designation due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, unexploded land mines and the risk of armed conflict.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
As the sisters keep stepping on emotional land mines, director Nicole Kassell adopts a shakier handheld-camera style that underlines Meghann Fahy’s and Milly Alcock’s rawer performances.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Her parents were Polish immigrants, and her father, who ran a kosher butcher shop, had lost a leg to a land mine.
—Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
Lebanon was issued a level 4 designation due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, unexploded land mines and the risk of armed conflict.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for land mine
Noun
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At the campaign rally, everything appears to be going off without a hitch.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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My first story time went off without a hitch.—
Nina West
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The fire risk is related to a problem with the engine starter, which can affect cars that are both parked and in motion, according to a notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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They are designed to protect homes and businesses against the type of winter storms that have severely flooded the low-lying community of Alviso multiple times with water up to 6 feet deep and which are posing more risk as sea level rises due to climate change.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This isn't the first time the snag of a home run ball has topped headlines this season.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 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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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
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Some enterprising Viet Cong had defused this and turned into a booby trap detonatable by wires from brush a few hundred feet away.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 July 2025
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“Land mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/land%20mine. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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