setting off

Example Sentences

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The question is whether he can do it without setting off the margin spiral his own research warned about.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Bond yields rose this month to levels that are setting off alarm bells across financial markets.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Audiences sense that something electric is happening, but it’s not just Michele who’s setting off sparks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich village, in 1969, setting off what became known as the Stonewall Rebellion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The whole enterprise would have gone off without a hitch if little Danny McIntyre, Joey Fipps, Froggy Sikes, and a dozen other freckle-faced ne’er-do-wells hadn’t taken to setting off Manchurian Fire Throwers all over town.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool