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hot buttons

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plural of hot button

as in third rails

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As Hedda Gabler warned, bored women are time bombs whose agitation puts everyone at risk.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
His lacerating wit spares no member of his staff—a mix of true incompetents, off-putting savants, ticking time bombs, and onetime offenders prematurely consigned to professional purgatory.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

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