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Recent Examples on the Web The two deaths of leaders from Iran's key proxies – one on Iranian soil – threatens to ignite the tinderbox of tensions between the long-time foes. Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 31 July 2024 The tinderbox only needed a further spark to ignite real violence, eventually provided by the brutal killing of three children. Katie Marie Davies, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024 Almost immediately, however, the city became a tinderbox for tensions between the Soviets and the West. Dmitri Alperovitch, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024 And a two-state solution has been viewed globally as a long-term answer to douse the tinderbox that is the Middle East. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tinderbox 

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“Tinderbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinderbox. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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