trigger
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But a new wave of large-scale military mobilisations could trigger street protests, he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
I asked Meta how much usage would trigger the subscription requirement, but it didn’t give me an answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
One resident near the intelligence headquarters said the blast was loud enough to trigger car alarms.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Interest from Treasurys is exempt from state tax but is taxed federally as income, which can push one’s income above thresholds that trigger Medicare premium surcharges, Um noted.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
There it was, a few inches down from the trigger that had shot out the hook and rope.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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Even moving something from one box to another triggers a brief encounter with the past.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
If clinicians can spot deterioration earlier, they may be able to intervene before a patient reaches the crisis point that triggers a conventional alarm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
It activates dopamine, the neurotransmitter in the brain that triggers a feeling of relaxation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
"Our industry can be crushed" if a court win for TikTok triggers "unbridled" AI voice cloning on social media, actor Bin Shimada told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
In 2012, several further studies corroborated these initial findings, strengthening the links between these variants of mental illness and family histories and deepening questions about their etiology, epidemiology, triggers, and instigators.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and greying hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The trauma of that fateful day has never gone away and Lee believes it triggered anxiety.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Then came Friday’s U.S. jobs report — which underwhelmed Wall Street, took the odds of a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike in October below 20%, and triggered more swings in U.S. government bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
The system uses photoconductive switches triggered by 300-femtosecond green laser pulses with a wavelength of 515 nanometers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
It echoed throughout the dark room, and the sound triggered memories of an old movie— something about astronauts boarding an abandoned alien vessel.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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Qualified ahead of Cadillac team-mate Perez but admitted his decision to run slicks was a risk before spinning into the gravel on lap nine and triggering the first safety car.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
In effect, the measure would allow the governor and the Legislature to put more money into budget reserves, creating another option to avoid triggering rebates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But a change of address meant he missed a court summons, triggering a deportation order that ICE agents noticed.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
The meltdown spilled over into the stock market, with the benchmark Borsa Istanbul 100 tumbling 5.5% on Wednesday and triggering a circuit breaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
I’ve never seen colored shapes before without sounds triggering them.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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