time bomb
Example Sentences
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“I’ve never been in a situation where I didn’t get healthcare when I needed it,” Thurman told ProPublica, comparing the condition to having “a time bomb you can’t control.”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"This is a time bomb of accumulated waste management problems that have been ignored for years without fundamental improvements," Wahyu Eka Styawan, a campaigner with Walhi, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“You must be held strictly accountable for your lab’s raw data. If you refuse to manage it, you are actively planting a ticking time bomb under your own career.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
But underneath the complex and expensive megamerger sits a potential time bomb that could be triggered if regulators elsewhere create significant roadblocks.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Everyone was looking at him, as if he were six and throwing a temper tantrum, or like he was a time bomb, about to erupt any second.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
