triggered

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That February, there was record precipitation and a memorable five straight days of rain that triggered hundreds of mudslides in L.A. alone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

During the 2022 unrest, however, the rising magma triggered thousands of smaller earthquakes clustered along the fault rather than one major quake.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Yields were little changed after retracing early increases triggered by fears inflation could run high for months —and even drive the Fed to hike rates down the road.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

This makes it seem that, at the very least, a mild recession will be triggered, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner—the ones who’d triggered the Manhattan Project by convincing Albert Einstein to warn President Roosevelt of the danger of atomic bombs—came to watch.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin