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 • Feb. 26, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

The current situation is "akin to stepping on a land mine."

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025

It is a land mine for prosecutors—one that has sunk other high-profile cases, such as the 2008 prosecution of then-Sen.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2023

“If an elephant isn’t heavy enough to set off a land mine, I certainly won’t do it,” Nhamo declared.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer