touch off
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"If the Cuban economy and social order collapses, it would actually be a disaster for the United States, because it's likely to touch off a mass migration crisis," the professor said.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
What she couldn’t have realized on that afternoon in the Dolomites was that her success would touch off a stunning gold rush for the rest of Team USA.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
“I just think my mechanics were a touch off there those first couple innings,” Wrobleski said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2025
The move would have reduced the power of the group’s former leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin and, analysts believe, helped touch off his failed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2023
Frustration over the lack of progress in housing and employment issues kept tensions high in Durham, with only a spark needed to touch off an explosion.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
