keg

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The career soldier, who in 2021 collaborated with Daglo to oust civilians from a transitional government, wrote on Wednesday: "I long recognised that the RSF was a powder keg."

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

I long recognized that the RSF was a powder keg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

For Crudup, Timothy isn’t a bitter powder keg but a man looking for a little closure, someone who has made peace with the past until the moment he doesn’t get the apology he’s expecting.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick: I find the public-facing discourse around shootings to be impoverished, dangerous, and a powder keg on its own terms.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

Page 61 I left him to have a little conversation over by the keg pool.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher