as in volcano
a potentially explosive place or situation
the region's political instability has turned it into a ticking time bomb
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Recent Examples of time bomb
Because, as is, Butler is an expensive veteran with an expiring contract — a time bomb.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Malware's AI time bomb
Hackers already have the AI tools needed to create the adaptable, destructive malware that security experts fear.
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Mendoza said those problems include the ticking time bomb that is the city budget’s structural deficit and how that could spell an adverse effect on Pritzker and the rest of state government.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Sign up for Axios Future of Defense Sam Sabin
Mar 14, 2025 - Technology
Malware's AI time bomb
Hackers already have the AI tools needed to create the adaptable, destructive malware that security experts fear.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Go deeper: Malware's AI time bomb Want more stories like this?
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Mendoza said those problems include the ticking time bomb that is the city budget’s structural deficit and how that could spell an adverse effect on Pritzker and the rest of state government.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time bomb
volcano
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Axial Seamount is one of countless volcanoes that are underwater.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The flight from Paris to the island of Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, takes 11 hours, skirting the smoldering crater of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano before landing just shy of the water.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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