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[trig] / trɪg /




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The reason people queue is because of "the sheer volume of people" who are walking up the set pathways leading to the trig point, he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The kids rehearsed months, long into the night, then gave performances to sold-out crowds and scrambled to finish trig and AP history homework too.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023

Imagine if your old trig worksheets stepped in to help you out when you were stumped on a question.

From The Verge ● Mar. 16, 2022

This curve provides the impetus to delve deeper into exactly how the coefficients in combinations of trig functions affect the appearance of the resulting curves.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2015

Ever since European history last week and those damn pink triangles...it’s as if quitting trig opened up a channel of thinking I was pushing away.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

I also had wide and mid-range angled cameras, both mounted on a tripod to be trigged by remotes.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

The collapse in Terra trigged a sell-off in major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The family of a Northern California woman whose 2016 disappearance trigged an intensive search and international headlines on Friday criticized the way she was arrested on charges she faked her own kidnapping.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2022

But for aid workers and advocates I spoke to, the open embrace of fleeing Ukrainians has trigged complicated reactions—and the real-life fallout is beginning to unfold.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2022

My, how she was trigged out in a black satin pelisse lined with fur!

From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas

In Washington DC, a bomb threat was made to the Democratic National Committee headquarters, trigging a police search of the building where a pipe bomb was discovered on 6 January 2021.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

The collapse in cryptocurrency prices last year forced a procession of major firms into bankruptcy, trigging a government crackdown and erasing the savings of millions of inexperienced investors.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

Some state officials are concerned that other uses also could be ruled out, trigging a provision requiring them to repay the federal government.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2021

With the capacity crowd still on its feet, Eager rifled a long-range shot past Leighton, trigging another explosion of cheers that almost blew off the roof.

From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2010

I see you've been trigging up your room.

From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton


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