trigger
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“Conversely, Tehran has warned that renewed escalation would trigger a significant response, which could push crude prices higher.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The unreliable airspace and transport networks – coupled with agricultural losses, business disruption and reconstruction costs – trigger banking and insurance crises, producing a global recession.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mitch Edelson, the club’s current owner, said he’s proud of that legacy and champions it today — but fears that it may have tripped some kind of content trigger at Meta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The personalized treatment, which is called intismeran, is administered alongside Keytruda, which helps trigger the body’s immune response against the remaining cancer cells.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
I pulled the trigger and the wind stopped blowing.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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She also spent a huge amount of time researching triggers and spent "hundreds on various things just to see if that would help" - from vitamins to chiropractors.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Over time, a dissociative response can generalize to situations or triggers that are far removed from the event that made it necessary in the first place.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
By understanding how Spirostomum repeatedly triggers and resets its calcium-driven contraction system, researchers hope to uncover principles that could be adapted for synthetic devices.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
"This unpredictability triggers the dopamine system, creating a compulsive cycle of seeking and anticipation," University of Leicester lecturer Quynh Hoang wrote.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The dusty smell of the place triggers a bunch of memories.
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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Residents in Lithuania's capital Vilnius were also forced to take shelter in May after a drone alert was triggered, briefly grounding flights and rail travel.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The researchers found evidence that the treatment triggered a much broader healing response.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The rush triggered a selloff in the Istanbul stock market this week, spreading pain to dozens of similar funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But there’s a catch: a barrier level that, once triggered, starts a clock.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
This place, and especially the sight of a doctor, triggered such horrible memories for him.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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But a change of address meant he missed a court summons, triggering a deportation order that ICE agents noticed.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Earlier this month, a dinghy which had launched from near Cherbourg in the Bay of the Seine - further west than boats normally depart - was brought ashore in Hampshire, triggering protests in Portsmouth.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules that would allow startups to raise money through tokens without triggering securities regulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The picture shocked Al-Drimly, triggering emotions he was still parsing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
He’s being treated only by strangers, natives of 13 — no one from home or the Capitol has been allowed to see him — to keep any dangerous memories from triggering.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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