touch off
Example Sentences
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Investors have backed away from financial stocks as their risk tolerance falls and fears mount that stalled oil trade will touch off a global energy crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
“I just think my mechanics were a touch off there those first couple innings,” Wrobleski said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2025
That is what Raphinha did when he picked up the ball 25 yards out and hammered the ball into the back of the net, via a touch off the bar and goalkeeper Yann Sommer's back.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 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
