land mine
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Command recovered a North Korean land mine at the blast site, Seoul’s military said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The market will sort thought which software vendors can stand strong and which will fall, leaving the sector somewhat of a land mine.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
The current situation is "akin to stepping on a land mine."
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
The Dodgers’ injury-ravaged bullpen had been lurking like a land mine in recent weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024
Which was the only thing Coach could show him how to do himself, because Coach had lost both his legs to a land mine in Vietnam a long time ago.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
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