triggers
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Companies that build bot-detection tools are cagey about revealing exactly what triggers a captcha, worried that explaining the rules would help attackers get around them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the next breath, he mentions his Saturn return, the astrological transit that often triggers a reevaluation of one’s pursuits and place in the cosmic octagon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
"We have seen cascading disasters, like what we saw August 26, where one event triggers multiple events," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
That change triggers signaling within the retina in a way that resembles the normal visual process.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
There were two specific triggers that encouraged Copernicus to come up with something better than the Ptolemaic model.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
