bomb

Example Sentences

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In other words, this was a time bomb waiting to go off.

From BBC

But Iran has been under growing pressure from the protests and after an Israeli bombing campaign last year.

From Barron's

“The cloud was swelling into a mushroom, looking like an atom bomb had gone off,” Barry remembered.

From Literature

Frigid Arctic air, winter storms and a “bomb cyclone” dumped heavy snow on New England, triggered flight cancellations in North Carolina and tested the limits of power systems in the South.

From Los Angeles Times

But being around them is a ticking time bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal