triggered

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That leadership contest was triggered when Jeremy Corbyn announced he would stand down following the party's defeat in the 2019 general election.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Starmer on Tuesday, after a cabinet meeting, said he would stay in office, as ministers filing out of the meeting told reporters a leadership challenge was not triggered.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The changes triggered a long period of weak growth, stagnant after-tax incomes and ballooning budget deficits and debt that culminated in a banking crisis in the early ’90s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Anyone standing near the fault during the largest triggered quakes, at -0.14, would have felt an acceleration of "1.5 G", or 1.5 times the standard acceleration due to gravity, Giardini said.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

But my hesitancy only triggered something in Czerny that I will forever associate with New Yorkers—an instinctive and immediate push back against thinking small.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama