time bomb
Example Sentences
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The authorities say the new vigilantes are better trained, but Samuel, from Good Governance Africa, calls them a "time bomb waiting to happen".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
In recent months, the iconic ticking stopwatch of the CBS News magazine “60 Minutes” began to sound like a time bomb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Diana was the last student anyone would have reported to the administration, and yet she was the time bomb that had been waiting to go off.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
