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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The options available to policymakers to address growing anxiety over that demographic time bomb, however, don’t look good.
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Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 14 Oct. 2024
Athena’s husband’s problems are a little less of a ticking time bomb, but equally contrived.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
Europe’s demographic challenges are becoming a ticking time bomb for the region’s economy, with Morgan Stanley delivering a grim prediction for its effects on GDP.
—Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 14 Oct. 2024
The ticking sound in capitals around the world is a demographic time bomb – of a sort unimaginable only a couple of generations ago.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
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Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 14 Oct. 2024
Athena’s husband’s problems are a little less of a ticking time bomb, but equally contrived.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
Europe’s demographic challenges are becoming a ticking time bomb for the region’s economy, with Morgan Stanley delivering a grim prediction for its effects on GDP.
—Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 14 Oct. 2024
The ticking sound in capitals around the world is a demographic time bomb – of a sort unimaginable only a couple of generations ago.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Time bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20bomb. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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