trigger
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Warsh declined to specify what would trigger a hike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
If you abandon the deal, you trigger the taxes on the full gain right here, right now.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
It is Bezos's involvement that makes the deal so intriguing and will trigger speculation about the future plans of Liverpool's owners.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Instead, it appears to trigger small shifts in the body’s regulatory systems that reduce inflammation and help blood vessels relax.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Angela spun toward Jonah, but she didn’t squeeze the trigger.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
"For anybody affected by epilepsy, it is important to try to identify triggers," added Dr Sidhu.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The designation under the US Marine Mammal Protection Act tracks unexpected die-offs and triggers investigation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
For immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally, leaving the country or being deported triggers a penalty — many are banned from coming back into the U.S. for a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Possible triggers include growing amounts of meltwater entering the ocean from polar regions as well as global warming itself.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Somewhere, in a cool and spotless room, a Gamemaker sits at a set of controls, fingers on the triggers that could end my life in a second.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
The sibling dispute was triggered after Mark Walter agreed to sell the Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner at a $12.5 billion valuation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
A highly-popular tech evangelist who pushed for reforms, Fedorov was dismissed in July in a divisive reshuffle that triggered unprecedented protests in his support.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Last week, the company’s second-quarter earnings report triggered a selloff for the stock as revenue fell short of consensus estimates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
His jailing triggered large-scale protests by supporters, which were met with a crackdown by authorities.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
I mean, we’d triggered a warning boom when we snuck inside.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
This is the future of AI: a gradual adoption process that works through its problems and integrates into society without triggering economic apocalypse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Another worry is that any effort to cap Treasury yields could backfire by triggering a selloff in corporate bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many Flores residents have traumatic memories of another 7.7-magnitude quake that hit the island in 1992, triggering a tsunami and killing about 2,500.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nobody wants to be subjected to one more triggering, off-key note of an Edwin Díaz dirge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Anyone not logged in to the NeuroLink right now will use it before long, triggering this new algorithm the instant they do.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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