keg

Example Sentences

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The career soldier, who in 2021 collaborated with Daglo to oust civilians from a transitional government, wrote on Wednesday: "I long recognised that the RSF was a powder keg."

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

I long recognized that the RSF was a powder keg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick: I find the public-facing discourse around shootings to be impoverished, dangerous, and a powder keg on its own terms.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

"It's a powder keg now and we need to get something done and we need the Home Office to listen," he added.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

He'd picked up bamboo lengths on the beach and had fitted them together into a short pipe to funnel the rain water into our ten-gallon keg.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor