precipitated
Example Sentences
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In July, for example, a report that Spanish reforestation projects precipitated a forest fire was weaponized to undermine the evidence connecting climate change to wildfires — a tactic being revisited now.
From Los Angeles Times
“That really was what precipitated us wanting to put this into baseline standards that are available across the country.”
From Scientific American
“Here once again he has precipitated something he claims to want to prevent.”
From Los Angeles Times
“He has precipitated something that he claims to want to prevent by Russian aggression causing many countries to believe they have to do more to look out for their own defense,” Mr. Blinken said.
From Washington Times
If we look at the places where democracy has seriously eroded — in Hungary and Poland, for example — there haven't been big shifts in public opinion that precipitated those changes.
From Salon
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