time bomb

Example Sentences

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“I feel like a ticking time bomb right now,” Waldorf told him.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

"It finally really registered that I had been...carrying a ticking time bomb," McFarland said.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Matt Wrack, NASUWT's general secretary, said if female teachers are struggling to contain gender-based aggression, it is a "ticking time bomb" and male students need to be helped before "it is too late".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

But being around them is a ticking time bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Unfortunately, nobody had spotted the time bomb lurking in the code, a zero that engineers were supposed to remove while installing the software.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife