as in volcano
a potentially explosive place or situation
the region's political instability has turned it into a ticking time bomb
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For one, Burdi and Kahnle are ticking time bombs on the injury front.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
And instead of a bus that’s trying to outrun its own ticking time bomb, Paxton and Hunt’s storm-chaser characters doggedly pursue immensely powerful tornadoes that destroy everything in their ever-changing path.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
That clock ticking on our border policy impasse could turn into a terrorism time bomb, David Ignatius warns.
—Drew Goins, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
In his third-floor room at the Baltimore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, McNamara hunkered over three simple time bombs.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
And instead of a bus that’s trying to outrun its own ticking time bomb, Paxton and Hunt’s storm-chaser characters doggedly pursue immensely powerful tornadoes that destroy everything in their ever-changing path.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
That clock ticking on our border policy impasse could turn into a terrorism time bomb, David Ignatius warns.
—Drew Goins, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
In his third-floor room at the Baltimore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, McNamara hunkered over three simple time bombs.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
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