as in volcanos
a potentially explosive place or situation
the immigration bill has become a political powder keg for legislators on both sides of the aisle
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volcanoes
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While volcanoes steadily puff the stuff into the air and oceans, the rate at which this happens has subtly changed over millions of years in the course of a grand planetary tectonic ballet.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025 -
Some scholars countered that Venusian volcanoes could have produced phosphine; others said that the measurements were dubious, and the mystery gas wasn’t phosphine.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Powder kegs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powder%20kegs. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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