trigger
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Everyone outside Los Angeles blames them — nothing personal, mind you, but as a symbol of the gaping financial disparity in baseball and a trigger for the almost certain lockout to follow the World Series.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
The findings suggest that gut bacteria act as an environmental trigger, influencing whether the disease develops in genetically at-risk individuals.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
It was unable to do that in January and February this year as both were above the trigger intramonth, but unable to finish above it.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
A pass back from the opposition was often a trigger for his teams to aggressively apply pressure.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
And many Black African countries feared that an independent Biafra would trigger other secessions and so supported Nigeria.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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"Fears and Phobias," Vocabulary from the article
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