trigger
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Lescure said he doesn’t believe there was a specific trigger for the selloff, though he added that adjustments investors often make around the end of the quarter could have played a role.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
They focused on the P2X7 receptor, which helps trigger inflammatory signaling.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
With Kane dropping deep, defenders are pulled out of position, a trigger which Gordon has used brilliantly to make runs the opposite way.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The sugar, found in most mammals but not in humans, prompts the antibodies that trigger an allergic reaction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
There it was, a few inches down from the trigger that had shot out the hook and rope.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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The death of a Russian lab technician triggers fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak, even as health officials downplay the risk.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
"This study offers a framework for understanding how different triggers can converge to cause the exact same profound clinical exhaustion."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Even moving something from one box to another triggers a brief encounter with the past.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
It activates dopamine, the neurotransmitter in the brain that triggers a feeling of relaxation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
She wants to be absolutely sure that being in the same room with Olly didn’t activate any of my triggers.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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The event was meant to herald Jaguar's future as a luxury all-electric marque, but it triggered a furious backlash in the press and on social media.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The “Avengers” star previously opened up about his hometown of Montecito, noting that the emotional weight of the change triggered some physical side effects.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The case was triggered in November 2020 by a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
“I understand that the events have triggered a number of very different theories among residents or the region and beyond,” said Kobzev.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
It is my medical opinion that in Hawaii you had an episode of myocarditis triggered by a viral infection.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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The financial crisis began in 2008, sending huge economic shockwaves across the world and triggering recessions in many countries.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The incident has revived tensions over the U.S. military presence on the Japanese island, triggering small street protests and drawing a diplomatic rebuke from Tokyo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
In effect, the measure would allow the governor and the Legislature to put more money into budget reserves, creating another option to avoid triggering rebates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Powerful earthquakes are one of the events capable of triggering these submarine landslides.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Making matters worse, he’d bombed during their first debate in October, triggering a wave of eleventh-hour anxiety among donors and advisers.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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