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
Every day presents new potential land mines.
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Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
This home was not his main compound, sources said, and the area was not studded with land mines.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Because there are traps, and there are tricks, and there are land mines.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Back in 1997, in Huambo, Angola, just a few miles from one of the sources of the Okavango, my mother walked through a live minefield being cleared by the HALO Trust, a humanitarian land mine clearance charity.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
This home was not his main compound, sources said, and the area was not studded with land mines.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Because there are traps, and there are tricks, and there are land mines.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Back in 1997, in Huambo, Angola, just a few miles from one of the sources of the Okavango, my mother walked through a live minefield being cleared by the HALO Trust, a humanitarian land mine clearance charity.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for land mine
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Production on Michael wraps without a hitch…or so everyone thinks.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
25 Apr. 2026
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We’re trained, maybe, to think that this is just one hitch in Sasha’s journey, but these dead ends keep popping up.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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Police had been contacted by Thiamphanit's friends twice the day before her body was found, but the case was allegedly considered medium-risk, per The Times.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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And as climate change is likely to cause more storms in the future, more people will be put at risk.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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More than two years after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in Maryland — resulting in the deaths of six construction workers and upending a key route that thousands relied on daily — reconstruction has hit a snag.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Students in Pennsylvania experienced similar snags last week as more state education departments are moving to computerized assessments.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the days leading up to the attack, Ghazali allegedly rigged his truck with booby traps, fireworks, explosives, and large amounts of gasoline.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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The movie’s biggest laughs come from Kevin’s hijinks, which involve setting up complex booby traps to fend off a pair of burglars targeting his family’s home.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Land mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/land%20mine. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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