triggered
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The warning triggered a jockeying for control among senior municipal bondholders, bond insurers and junior debtholders offering competing financing that could either stave off a bankruptcy filing or fund the proceeding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
For instance, Harvey Elliott would have triggered a move worth £35m if he made just 10 Premier League appearances last season.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The researchers found evidence that the treatment triggered a much broader healing response.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
But there’s a catch: a barrier level that, once triggered, starts a clock.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
And there’d certainly been no instructions about how she should prepare herself in case she accidentally triggered the end of the universe.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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