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
Finland’s parliament voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on antipersonnel land mines Thursday as the Nordic country seeks to boost its defenses against an increasingly assertive Russia next door.
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Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Artem lost his leg when a land mine exploded on the front lines in Kharkiv.
—ABC News, 8 June 2025
Here’s a villain getting blown up by a land mine and their body being fed to pigs.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
The United States never signed the treaty, but in 2022 the Biden administration prohibited the use of antipersonnel land mines outside the Korean Peninsula.
—Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Artem lost his leg when a land mine exploded on the front lines in Kharkiv.
—ABC News, 8 June 2025
Here’s a villain getting blown up by a land mine and their body being fed to pigs.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
The United States never signed the treaty, but in 2022 the Biden administration prohibited the use of antipersonnel land mines outside the Korean Peninsula.
—Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for land mine
Noun
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Receiver Jaylen Waddle caught a hitch and took it 15 yards.—
Claude Smalls,
Miami Herald,
30 July 2025
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During the Sunday morning press conference following the successful landing, Firefly’s Spacecraft Program Director Ray Allensworth stated that the mission went off without a hitch, with Blue Ghost landing within its 100-meter landing zone.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Family Health Centers, Inc. in Louisville is partnering with Vanderbilt University on a long-term study that will identify environmental cancer risks in the South.—
Ruby Grisin,
The Courier-Journal,
30 July 2025
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Other companies that rely on biometric data, like DNA research firm 23andMe, have reported data breaches or filed for bankruptcy, putting millions of people's personal information potentially at risk.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Dirty Bird, which originally opened in February at 1022 Clarks Lane, halted service starting May 21 due to a snag with its liquor license from the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control, or ABC, department, according to a post on the restaurant's Facebook page.—
Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
24 July 2025
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While the village is prepared to pay the cost of replacing the lines, there is a snag in that the four homeowners don’t want their lines redone and haven’t agreed to let the village do the work.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 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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Last month gangs burned or confiscated at least a half-dozen armored carriers belonging to the police and the mission after setting booby traps and catching cops off guard.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Land mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/land%20mine. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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