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tinderboxes

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plural of tinderbox

as in volcanoes

a potentially explosive place or situation officials sought to calm the situation, which had grown into a tinderbox

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a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action while the country's prime minister was meeting with the U.S. president, a political tinderbox was igniting at home

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In Hawaiian culture, the volcanoes serve as a sacred landscape – called wahi kapu - and are regarded as the home to Pelehonuamea, a goddess representing creation and destruction, according to the park website.

Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
In 2024, erupting volcanoes included the Villarrica volcano in Chile, Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in Indonesia, the Sundhnúksgígar crater chain in Iceland, Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico, Mount Etna in Sicily, Shiveluch volcano in Russia, and more.

Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024

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