land mine
Example Sentences
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The market will sort thought which software vendors can stand strong and which will fall, leaving the sector somewhat of a land mine.
From Barron's
The personnel in each circle knew only the layout of the land mines in their area — they did not know where the next round of land mines started or stopped.
From Los Angeles Times
There are more land mines even if crypto firms reach a compromise on the yield issue.
From Barron's
The chorus—“This land’s your land / This land mine too / Is this all true, man? / Or is it just bad news?”—summarizes how little it has to say.
Pentagon safety inspectors came to the Tennessee property of explosives manufacturer Accurate Energetic Systems four times a year, tasked with examining facilities that made land mines, demolition charges and other products for the military.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
