precipitating

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This is the most we’ll see of the drama’s precipitating event.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

But, in 2022, rumours of financial trouble sparked a run on its deposits, precipitating the firm's implosion and exposing Bankman-Fried's crimes.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

To be clear, my departure was not the precipitating event.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

A society, almost necessarily, begins every success story with the chapter that most advantages itself, and in America, these precipitating chapters are almost always rendered as the singular action of exceptional individuals.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates