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Monsoon rains from June to September regularly trigger deadly floods and landslides across South Asia.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Anytime you sign up, you’ll trigger the series from the beginning: One challenge will land in your inbox each week for the following six weeks.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

This could include individually assessed exclusion zones around victim's homes or workplaces and alerts that trigger police responses when conditions are breached.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

“When a car comes by, it’s gonna trigger about six photographs.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The words trigger something in my mind, but it flits away.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

But his bigger worry is that a lack of change in the U.S. fiscal picture will persist — until it triggers a crisis.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

There is less consensus on whether climate change itself triggers stronger El Ninos, though evidence for this is emerging.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Possible triggers include growing amounts of meltwater entering the ocean from polar regions as well as global warming itself.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

Once the audience gets past their disorientation, the slapstick triggers enough silly goodwill that my auditorium squeezed out generous spurts of applause.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

I realized I had been suffering from performance anxiety in the moments before competing and had to learn how to manage these anxieties and disarm some of the triggers.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

The breakdown in trade negotiations triggered new 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and 25% tariffs on Canadian autos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

France, Spain and Italy have been hit by heatwaves, which have triggered massive wildfires that scorched thousands of hectares of land.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

"That tells us the damage is not irreversible, and that there may be a window for intervention even after disease processes have been triggered."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

That triggered 50-percent US tariffs impacting some $20 billion worth of goods, from hockey sticks to cement, effective Saturday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

You want to know what Josie and Max triggered?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

His decision to scrap decades-old fuel subsidies that had drained the Treasury's international dollar reserves caused prices to double, triggering widespread anger.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

It was well into August before the club admitted defeat; with defeats by Brighton and Brentford triggering the £70m deal for Casemiro.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Another worry is that any effort to cap Treasury yields could backfire by triggering a selloff in corporate bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Nobody wants to be subjected to one more triggering, off-key note of an Edwin Díaz dirge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Anyone not logged in to the NeuroLink right now will use it before long, triggering this new algorithm the instant they do.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu