as in hitch
a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized
parents of teenagers never know when they might set off an emotional land mine
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Recent Examples of land mine
The Biden administration announced a new $725 million security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday that includes a provision for more land mines and precision rocket launchers.
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
The next 20 minutes will be spent trying to change the subject, an act that will inevitably lead to other hidden land mines ... such as vegetables.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
President Biden is also sending land mines to help Ukrainian forces slow Russia’s continuing advance in Ukraine’s east.
—Ian Bremmer, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
The package, announced Monday by the State Department, also includes more of the anti-personnel land mines that Ukraine is counting on to slow Russian and North Korean ground forces in Russia’s Kursk region.
—Tara Copp and Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
The next 20 minutes will be spent trying to change the subject, an act that will inevitably lead to other hidden land mines ... such as vegetables.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
President Biden is also sending land mines to help Ukrainian forces slow Russia’s continuing advance in Ukraine’s east.
—Ian Bremmer, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
The package, announced Monday by the State Department, also includes more of the anti-personnel land mines that Ukraine is counting on to slow Russian and North Korean ground forces in Russia’s Kursk region.
—Tara Copp and Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for land mine
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Despite 13 buildings being burned down, one person killed, 11 wounded, 400 arrested and $1 million worth of damage, the game went off as scheduled without a hitch.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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So far, there haven’t been reports of major technical failings on Tubi’s end, indicating the event went on largely without a hitch.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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Thus, there is always a lurking risk that your AI use will be detected.—
Andrew Brodsky,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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Pope Francis noted that while a nation has the right to defend itself and keep communities safe from people who have committed violent or serious crimes, deportations put some migrants at risk.—
Ray Lewis,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: The story appears to have started when Politico missed payroll on Tuesday because of a tech snag, media reporter Will Sommer notes.—
Erica Pandey,
Axios,
5 Feb. 2025
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Before, different procedures in the House and Senate caused time-consuming snags in this delivery system.—
Lorelei Kelly,
The Conversation,
24 Jan. 2025
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Trail cams may be easily spotted and removed – though the risk of booby traps can make this challenging – but they can quickly be replaced.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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For example, booby traps near tunnel shafts indicate the presence of the enemy, but there is no enemy in sight, and when tunnels are finally penetrated, the enemy has moved to a different part of the tunnel network.—
Daphné Richemond-Barak,
Foreign Affairs,
6 June 2024
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