trigger
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Under party rules, any challenger would need the support of 81 Labour MPs -- 20 percent of the party in parliament -- to trigger a leadership contest.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
A team led by Lawrence Kazak at McGill University's Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute has now identified the molecular trigger for this alternative system, known as the futile creatine cycle.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
Under current rules, 80 MPs would have to nominate a specific opponent, which would then trigger a leadership election lasting weeks or months, conducted among the 350,000 or so registered Labour Party members.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The technique, sometimes referred to as “the 10 a.m. dump,” seeks to trigger liquidations and profit from short positions.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
About Wiress’s tick-tocking and how the movements of the invisible hands trigger a deadly force in each section.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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