triggered

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The termination fee was triggered after Paramount Skydance outbid Netflix in an $81 billion deal to acquire Warner.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The other type of tsunamis happen in the open ocean and are directly triggered by earthquakes, or occasionally other powerful events such as underwater volcanoes.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

In our call of the day from Wells Fargo, strategists warn that the easy road for stocks is over, and a sell signal has been triggered for equities, the first in years.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

His serious spinal injury was triggered by a fall in 2021 that required emergency surgery to prevent paralysis, his manager Theresa Fortier said in a statement at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

“Oh. Well, the merger triggered more interest, so the stock jumped to forty dollars a share. You have twelve thousand shares at forty dollars a share....”

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen