minefield
noun
mine·field
ˈmīn-ˌfēld 
1
: an area (as of water or land) set with mines
2
: something resembling a minefield especially in having many dangers or requiring extreme caution
a political minefield
Examples of minefield in a Sentence
This issue is a political minefield.
Recent Examples on the Web
Others survived with serious injuries and tried to crawl through the minefield back toward the Russian positions.
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Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
Clearing the minefield One of the reasons DNS has been such a security minefield is that these two features can be mutually exclusive.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
But some of the Senate's more conservative Republicans are increasingly wary of a bipartisan plan to address both issues as former President Donald Trump weighs in, creating additional challenges for negotiations that are already a political minefield.
—Ken Tran, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
That just feels like a whole minefield to have the author of the novel as part of a group of writers adapting the novel.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
Clearing the minefield One of the reasons DNS has been such a security minefield is that these two features can be mutually exclusive.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
But some of the Senate's more conservative Republicans are increasingly wary of a bipartisan plan to address both issues as former President Donald Trump weighs in, creating additional challenges for negotiations that are already a political minefield.
—Ken Tran, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
That just feels like a whole minefield to have the author of the novel as part of a group of writers adapting the novel.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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“Minefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minefield. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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