trigger
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“The trigger is the increase of LPG prices,” said Santosh Mehrotra, a development economist and visiting professor at the University of Bath.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
The warm weather seen in the UK over the last two years means conditions have been ideal for birch tree pollen - a major hay fever trigger.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
It broke above the $154.58 trigger last Friday and now trades less than 1% below it.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Some claims suggest that eclipses can trigger earthquakes due to the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
He did not know that trigger pulses were being sent through the air from across the Bonecruel Mountains.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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