triggered

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Triggered by a succession of heavy winter rains in 2023 and 2024, the ongoing land movement has upended the lives of residents and cast the city into financial uncertainty.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Local Dopamine Release is Triggered by individual non-dopamine neurons: The study demonstrated that electrical activation of a single acetylcholine-releasing neuron in the striatum is sufficient to induce local dopamine release in its proximity.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023

Triggered intentionally by distraction-app peddlers, the physical distress arrives via non-physical triggers on your screen.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023

Triggered by infrared sensors, the static cameras are used to check up on animal populations long term and take censuses of their numbers.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

Triggered by emergency systems, control rods automatically shot up into the reactor cores, putting a damper on the movement of neutrons between the fuel rods.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland