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If rising interest rates were enough to precipitate a bear market, the bull market would most likely have ended months ago.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Critics have also insisted that the deal could precipitate a nuclear race in a region already battered by war.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

“A breakdown in negotiations could precipitate flows into safe-haven assets like gold,” the CEO said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

On 4 December, 2024, Yoon announced to the nation that he was declaring martial law – plunging South Korea into chaos and setting in motion a series of events that would precipitate his downfall.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026

Inside of three years, credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds would become a trillion-dollar market and precipitate hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of losses inside big Wall Street firms.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“I think what the Iran war basically does is it precipitates things like these, and it presents opportunities for some of the groups on the ground,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The technology could provide a more sustainable route to hydrogen, but corrosion, chlorine related side reactions, catalyst degradation, precipitates, and limited long term durability remain major obstacles to commercial use.

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026

Aluminum's strength depends heavily on its microstructure, particularly the size and density of tiny internal features called "precipitates."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025

Around 45-50 degrees Fahrenheit, the natural wax particles in olive oil precipitates out of the oil, thus making it appear crystallized, explained olive oil retailer Brightland.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2024

In Jane Austen novels, a death often precipitates the loss of a fortune, which propels the heroine to seek a husband.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

After simmering below the surface for years, anger at unaffordable housing in Spain has bubbled over and precipitated a general election that will be dominated by the crisis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Whatever sense of invulnerability America may have had as the world’s only superpower was shattered, and it precipitated massive changes in the way we lived, traveled and perceived ourselves.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

There are several factors which precipitated what many see as the downfall of Forest City.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Sicily precipitated the eventual collision between Carthage and Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

The Montgomery bus boycott that precipitated these events, like the sympathetic action it prompted in Durham, shocked most whites.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Certainly, the Consols proved a better bet than the high-yielding South American bonds whose serial defaults played a precipitating role in the London credit crisis of 1825.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The need for upgrades to campus infrastructure and the slow process of obtaining tax credits left the building program years behind schedule, precipitating a 2022 lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

And the precipitating event for Trump’s change appears to have been a question-and-answer session with Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy in a Senate hearing this week.

From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2026

Once in the oceans, of course, groundwater will never again be suitable for drinking and human use without expensive and energy-sucking treatment or through the natural cycle of evaporating and precipitating as rain.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2025

Unable to glide smoothly through capillaries and veins, sickled red cells jammed into microscopic clots throughout the body, interrupting blood flow and precipitating the excruciating pain of a sickling crisis.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee