chain reaction
Example Sentences
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This chain reaction has even given the Federal Reserve pause about the path of inflation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
The result was "a chain reaction crash" involving at least eight vehicles.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
As MMA solidifies, “it produces heat, and then in producing that heat, it furthers the chain reaction, so it keeps going and going and going,” Bernal said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
All lithium batteries can uncontrollably heat and catch fire through a chemical chain reaction known as thermal runaway.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The most modest of these options, the radioactive spray, would take at least a year to perfect after the first chain reaction was achieved.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
