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triggering

verb as in cause to happen

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Additionally, opponents question whether the policy would create revenue shortfalls for state and federal budgets, potentially triggering a wider tax burden on other groups.

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And in response to these powerful cues, our brains respond just as they're designed to, triggering an intense urge to eat them.

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But to hear it in her own words, it was a “nerve triggering” event that Richardson said sent her spiraling.

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I never found these numbers triggering, never left "Disco Sweat" determined to outpace another’s loss.

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No, the part I’m celebrating is when Burr invoked the most reliably triggering term of all before dispelling it and distracting Maher to change the subject.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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