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The reason people queue is because of "the sheer volume of people" who are walking up the set pathways leading to the trig point, he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The kids rehearsed months, long into the night, then gave performances to sold-out crowds and scrambled to finish trig and AP history homework too.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
Imagine if your old trig worksheets stepped in to help you out when you were stumped on a question.
From The Verge ● Mar. 16, 2022
When solving a trigonometric equation involving more than one trig function, do we always want to try to rewrite the equation so it is expressed in terms of one trigonometric function?
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
With trig under our belt, all we would need to do was build some instruments to measure angles and we would be able to calculate how high our rockets flew.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
The payments were already trigged in the Katesbridge area on Saturday.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The family of a Northern California woman whose 2016 disappearance trigged an intensive search and international headlines on Friday criticized the way she was arrested on charges she faked her own kidnapping.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
But for aid workers and advocates I spoke to, the open embrace of fleeing Ukrainians has trigged complicated reactions—and the real-life fallout is beginning to unfold.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2022
Keselowski trigged three multicar wrecks, including one just past the start-finish line on the last lap, and came home ninth.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
I got it trigged up, as you see, before it ran amuck to do further damage.
From Foe-Farrell by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
In Washington DC, a bomb threat was made to the Democratic National Committee headquarters, trigging a police search of the building where a pipe bomb was discovered on 6 January 2021.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
The collapse in cryptocurrency prices last year forced a procession of major firms into bankruptcy, trigging a government crackdown and erasing the savings of millions of inexperienced investors.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
Some state officials are concerned that other uses also could be ruled out, trigging a provision requiring them to repay the federal government.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2021
With the capacity crowd still on its feet, Eager rifled a long-range shot past Leighton, trigging another explosion of cheers that almost blew off the roof.
From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2010
The trigging stick had been lost in the scuffle, and Smith's first care was to slide the door.
From The Real Man by Francis Lynde
