Thesaurus results for TIME BOMBS

time bombs

noun

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plural of time bomb

as in volcanoes

a potentially explosive place or situation the region's political instability has turned it into a ticking time bomb

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Recent Examples of time bombs Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves. —

Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025

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volcanoes

Noun

During my most recent visit in 2025, my family and I spent time driving around on the mostly one-lane highway, through the hills and valleys of the six volcanoes that lie rumbling underneath the island.

— Emily Adler, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
The idea was controversial, because volcanoes were always thought to act independently, tapping their own supplies of molten, eruptible rock.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026