trigger
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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
When heat and sunlight react with airborne emissions from wildfires, vehicles and industry, they create ground-level ozone pollution, which can damage lung tissue, cause breathing problems, trigger asthma attacks and lead to other health issues.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
For example, a brief drop in a patient’s blood-oxygen reading could be given time to correct itself, while a more serious or sustained drop would trigger an alarm sooner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
His right hand was on the trigger, but he carried the weight of the forestock on his left arm.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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"Ultra-processed food triggers dopamine, the pleasure hormone, which promotes craving. Food companies work with scientists to find just the right amount of sugar, salt, and fat that make you want to eat more and more."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
No one knows the triggers, but everyone knows the consequences.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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There were multiple factors involved in that event, which was triggered when a large area of bedrock and glacier ice collapsed.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday said there were "strong indications" Iran was involved in suspicious activity at a UK airbase that triggered a major security incident this weekend.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Like several other industrial groups, Legrand is riding a wave of demand triggered by a global race to build data centers to power the computing needs of AI labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
They are making the alarms smarter, more useful and less annoying, while developing early-warning systems that could help clinicians intervene sooner and potentially prevent some alarms from being triggered in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
TimeStar held his time travel device in his palm, triggered it with his thumb.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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Oregon romps over an in-state rival, triggering another debate about the value of record-padding games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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
Simultaneously, higher volatility feeds risk models triggering margin calls and deleveraging as lenders further tighten liquidity.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
“It’s kind of an emotionally triggering place for me, both good and bad,” Lo said, as she sank farther into the booth at Thai Angel on a humid August afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
But one of the most important factors in triggering the conflict at the time it actually happened was the rebellion in Ireland which cost the Boyle family so dear.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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