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Значения термина ticking bomb на английском

A problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed.

Использование термина ticking bomb на английском
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Convinced I am a ticking bomb that could detonate at any moment.
My Life, My Tapes
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But in my opinion he remained a ticking bomb, even ticking today.'
Self's punishment
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Um, if you more or less walked away from the ticking bomb, i.e.
Ebony
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We're sitting on a ticking bomb and I don't like it.
Planet of the Damned
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But General Growth's short-term debt financing was a ticking bomb.
Reuters
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Like a ticking bomb, or a murderer with a fresh blade in his hand.
From hell with love
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There was no ticking bomb to be dealt with.
Act of treason
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Like holding a ticking bomb beats jogging with nitroglycerin.
The Postman
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And experienced interrogators have argued that the " ticking bomb" case is largely a myth.
Wired
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Iran is in effect a ticking bomb.
The Guardian
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I think there's a ticking bomb there.
Patient Zero
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Russ was a ticking bomb now.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
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Not a ticking bomb like Bonnie.
Rock my world
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Suddenly, as if a ticking bomb planted in his head exploded, an exhilarating howl burst from his lips.
Analog sff, december 2009
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They always find themselves, along with that week's host, in a control room with a ticking bomb about to go off.
Reuters
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Either way, this is now a problem for the next ANC President, is it ticking bomb that has been dropped for Ramaphosa?
The South African