trigger
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With the exact trigger now identified, researchers say vaccine developers can adjust the pVII protein in adenovirus-based vaccines to remove this rare risk.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
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
A pass back from the opposition was often a trigger for his teams to aggressively apply pressure.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
The current cup base breakout above a $189.87 trigger taken out in March, was started with doji candle in November 2022.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Reaching the top of Everest is supposed to trigger a surge of intense elation; against long odds, after all, I had just attained a goal I’d coveted since childhood.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing trigger
"Fears and Phobias," Vocabulary from the article
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