hair-trigger
Example Sentences
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Thursday’s swings in oil prices were the latest in a hair-trigger market in which traders have been glued to any new information, sparking moves with a scant relationship to the underlying disruption to physical supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The timing of the blaze, the threats Goodstein received and the country’s hair-trigger political atmosphere all offered more than a little reason for pause and reflection.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025
Their entire business model, their whole inner nature, is predicated on hair-trigger litigiousness, predatory aggressiveness and a hunger to win at all costs.
From Salon • May 24, 2025
Yet, to some, there is a feeling that the situation is just one hair-trigger moment away from tragedy, says Mark Naison, who took part in the sometimes violent protests at Columbia in 1968.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
Second, they also contained a concealed device that set a hair-trigger.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
