keg

Example Sentences

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He has described the record as a "powder keg", as "burning diesel", and even a spicy "jambalaya" – and it's certainly harder and faster than anything the band have released over the past decade.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

It was a powder keg waiting to blow.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

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

Tension on the line locks the keg under the front seat and then the skiff jerks out from under my feet.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick