precipitate

Anyone with eyes to see knows that the world economy is in a serious crisis precipitated by Trump and Trump alone.

This precipitated a free-for-all, with the public helping themselves to the remnants.

The break seemed like a reasonable metaphor for our fractured times: The cable had snapped during an oceanic landslide precipitated by huge floods in the Congo River.

It was in 2020 when the George Floyd protests and the Black Lives Matter movement galvanized the whole planet and precipitated efforts to ramp up DEI programs across society that the backlash began in earnest.

The lynching of Frank was a precipitating moment for the rise of the KKK in the early 20th century.