triggered
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The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and greying hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The proposals triggered an outcry across many parts of the criminal justice world, with many opponents saying that eroding the 800-year-old right to trial by jury would not solve the backlogs.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Then came Friday’s U.S. jobs report — which underwhelmed Wall Street, took the odds of a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike in October below 20%, and triggered more swings in U.S. government bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Instead, failure is usually triggered by the movement of vortices, tiny regions where magnetic flux can pass through the material.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The sound triggered a chain reaction across the neighborhood, and soon barks were coming from every direction.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
