time bomb
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"With climate change, we're sitting on a ticking time bomb," the 32-year-old founder of Bee Safe Mosquito Control tells AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Tilly said the condition felt like a "ticking time bomb"
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
She and Father Rico seem to see bioengineered plants as a time bomb, much like the Aureus epidemic.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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