time bomb

Example Sentences

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"It finally really registered that I had been...carrying a ticking time bomb," McFarland said.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

In other words, this was a time bomb waiting to go off.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

But being around them is a ticking time bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

As MacGruber, a riff on the equal parts cheesy and crafty ’80s television hero MacGyver, Forte attempted to diffuse a ticking time bomb while being distracted by the possible release of the Epstein files.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

Unfortunately, nobody had spotted the time bomb lurking in the code, a zero that engineers were supposed to remove while installing the software.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife