triggered

Example Sentences

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A Metropolitan Police bomb disposal robot destroyed a box of Labour MPs' unsent Christmas cards that had triggered a lockdown around Parliament.

From BBC

After that figure triggered an outcry, Bass changed course, persuading him to work for free.

From Los Angeles Times

Thousands of drivers could have speeding fines cancelled after a fault saw some cameras falsely triggered on English A roads and motorways.

From BBC

"It manifested as feeling very anxious, panicky, being very triggered by smells and noises in hospitals," she says.

From BBC

Meanwhile, Three said it had "experienced disruption to voice services following an exceptional spike in network traffic triggered by a third-party software configuration change".

From BBC