minefield
noun
mine·field
ˈmīn-ˌfēld 
1
: an area (as of water or land) set with mines
2
: something resembling a minefield especially in having many dangers or requiring extreme caution
a political minefield
Examples of minefield in a Sentence
This issue is a political minefield.
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Some 55,000 anti-personnel and anti-tank mines were placed around the naval base, creating the second-largest minefield in the world.
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
Navigating monetary policy announcements from the Federal Reserve can be a minefield for stock market investors.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
Conveniently, most of the minefields in Europe had been cleared by then.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Parking non-Tesla vehicles can also be tricky, or at least an etiquette minefield.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
Navigating monetary policy announcements from the Federal Reserve can be a minefield for stock market investors.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
Conveniently, most of the minefields in Europe had been cleared by then.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Parking non-Tesla vehicles can also be tricky, or at least an etiquette minefield.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Minefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minefield. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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