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
With more sustained military, technological, and economic support, Ukraine could develop new advantages, such as better integrating drones, land mines, and long-range fires to pin down Russian forces and take out their logistics nodes.
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Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
Analysts say Ukraine is among the countries that are the most affected by land mines and discarded explosives as a result of Russia’s ongoing war.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
But for Ronin the rat, sniffing out land mines is a breeze.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Her parents were Polish immigrants, and her father, who ran a kosher butcher shop, had lost a leg to a land mine.
—Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
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Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
Analysts say Ukraine is among the countries that are the most affected by land mines and discarded explosives as a result of Russia’s ongoing war.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
But for Ronin the rat, sniffing out land mines is a breeze.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Her parents were Polish immigrants, and her father, who ran a kosher butcher shop, had lost a leg to a land mine.
—Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for land mine
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According to Champion, the wedding went off without a hitch — in no small part because her husband-to-be was very hands-on throughout the planning process.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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The two-door, three-person Can-Am Defender Limited and the four-door, six-person Defender Max Limited have 82-horsepower engines, power steering, tow hitches with a 2,500-pound towing capacity, winches, air conditioning and heating, a full hard roof and a three-position tilt-up glass windshield.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Many have significant reservations about the safety and efficacy of the COVID vaccine, despite assurances from most experts that the benefits outweigh the risks.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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But the ground level faces severe flooding risks through a combination of rainstorms and earthquakes that bring soil water to the surface, per a study conducted in 2016 by the San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Syed's push for a new trial hit another snag in March 2019 when the Court of Appeals reversed the findings of the lower courts and denied his request for a new trial, according to The New York Times.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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The basic bands have the perfect amount of stretch and a smooth surface that doesn’t tug or snag.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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These may show up in Ukraine before long, perhaps walking ahead of patrols to find booby traps and clear routes through minefields, or taking bullets to expose enemy firing position.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Some enterprising Viet Cong had defused this and turned into a booby trap detonatable by wires from brush a few hundred feet away.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 July 2025
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“Land mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/land%20mine. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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