keg
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It was a powder keg waiting to blow.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
In 1768 King George III filled Boston with armed troops, creating a powder keg; in two years the spark of a single rifle shot would explode the Boston Massacre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
On Monday morning, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche described the situation as a "powder keg".
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
For Crudup, Timothy isn’t a bitter powder keg but a man looking for a little closure, someone who has made peace with the past until the moment he doesn’t get the apology he’s expecting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
I poured some water from the keg, and gave it to him.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
The National Guard may need to airdrop kegs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
It is commonly used as a synonym for small: Kegs are a half barrel of beer, while pony kegs are a quarter barrel, Purser said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Damon Jeffery is the owner of Ipswich's Thomas Wolsey pub, which, on Saturday, when the team was promoted, sold 110 kegs – each containing 88 pints - of beer.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
One day when Nathan Queeley-Dennis was supposed to be busy lugging beer kegs in the cellar of the pub where he worked, he was instead writing his first script on his phone.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
She could see the Assassin out of the corner of her eye, running beside her as they dodged through the throng, narrowly avoiding pull-carts and men rolling kegs across the wooden planks.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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