set off
Example Sentences
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That’s set off alarm bells on Wall Street.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
He charged past Bol, before Kooij and Jasper Philipsen set off in pursuit, but they had left themselves too much to do as Waerenskjold won by almost a bike's length from Kooij.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
If shipments through the strait don’t pick up again soon, it will set off another scramble for other sources of crude among Asian and European refiners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
That set off “a lot of phone calls, texts, and communication internally.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
As I turned it, a fiery hot shriek split the serenity at Snowberger’s, as if touching the doorknob had set off an alarm.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
