triggered
Example Sentences
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The investigation triggered one of the UK's biggest missing persons operations.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Using these results, the team reconstructed the development of each tumor, beginning with the original mutation that triggered the cancer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Consumer prices rose 3.34 percent in June, and growing economic strain triggered protests by students demanding the government stop excessive spending, including on its billion-dollar free-meals scheme, which has since been cut back.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Although her Global Entry has been reinstated, Walker “has received no confirmation that the government has expunged any record that triggered her revocation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The motion triggered a sharp memory, one that was never far from me anymore.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
