trig
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Richardson experienced another hiker trying to physically stop him from reaching the trig point.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
The kids rehearsed months, long into the night, then gave performances to sold-out crowds and scrambled to finish trig and AP history homework too.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
“A lot of the basic trig ‘identities’ are nothing more than Pythagoras’ theorem,” explains Anderson, referring to equations that describe relationships among different trigonometric functions.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2023
Imagine if your old trig worksheets stepped in to help you out when you were stumped on a question.
From The Verge ● Mar. 16, 2022
I am still so happy about just dropping trig, it is impossible to stop smiling.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
Tyrell Haberkorn, a University of Wisconsin Thai studies scholar, said there is a chance street protests could be trigged again if Move Forward meets the same fate as its predecessor.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The family of a Northern California woman whose 2016 disappearance trigged an intensive search and international headlines on Friday criticized the way she was arrested on charges she faked her own kidnapping.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
But for aid workers and advocates I spoke to, the open embrace of fleeing Ukrainians has trigged complicated reactions—and the real-life fallout is beginning to unfold.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2022
After a 2011 earthquake and tsunami trigged a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant, she joined a hunger strike and called for an end to nuclear power.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2021
And here she's trigged out in her graduating clothes.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana
In Washington DC, a bomb threat was made to the Democratic National Committee headquarters, trigging a police search of the building where a pipe bomb was discovered on 6 January 2021.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
The collapse in cryptocurrency prices last year forced a procession of major firms into bankruptcy, trigging a government crackdown and erasing the savings of millions of inexperienced investors.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
Some state officials are concerned that other uses also could be ruled out, trigging a provision requiring them to repay the federal government.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2021
With the capacity crowd still on its feet, Eager rifled a long-range shot past Leighton, trigging another explosion of cheers that almost blew off the roof.
From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2010
The trigging stick had been lost in the scuffle, and Smith's first care was to slide the door.
From The Real Man by Lynde, Francis
