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Recent Examples of chain reaction
Smith and Gray's last-lap collision caused a chain reaction, leading many cars to crash into each other.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Instead of the traditional coupling, the women kissed two men before choosing their partners, setting off a chain reaction of shifting loyalties and flaring tensions.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
After a Rube Goldberg-like chain reaction leads to explosions and a breakdown in the structure, everyone in the Skyview restaurant either falls to their death or burns alive in the tower.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The split caused a chain reaction, and within a span of 14 months, Christine's fellow sister wives Janelle Brown and Meri Brown left the relationship in December 2022.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 14 May 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Instead of the traditional coupling, the women kissed two men before choosing their partners, setting off a chain reaction of shifting loyalties and flaring tensions.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
After a Rube Goldberg-like chain reaction leads to explosions and a breakdown in the structure, everyone in the Skyview restaurant either falls to their death or burns alive in the tower.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The split caused a chain reaction, and within a span of 14 months, Christine's fellow sister wives Janelle Brown and Meri Brown left the relationship in December 2022.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chain reaction
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Unlike traditional computing, which processes information in binary sequences, quantum computing harnesses the unique properties of quantum mechanics—superposition, entanglement and tunneling—to process complex information in entirely new ways.—
Markus Pflitsch,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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In a crucial chase sequence, Bond will have to deliver two hundred packages in a Honda Civic by 7 p.m. or risk unemployment.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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In the latest twist, Shooter McGavin (the rival to Sandler’s Happy) gets to be the official spokesperson for the Happy Gilmore Meal, which is an actual offering going on sale at the chain later this summer.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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The chain also announced a new Chipotle Hash Brown Wake-Up Wrap is joining the menu.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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In adults, where rapid growth has ceased, the focus shifts to symptom management and pain levels, though curve progression remains a concern in certain cases.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The idea for the monthly reviews felt like a natural progression from what Hearn has learned from his experience in the world of work.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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Since a string of high profile accounting scandals, including Enron, rocked markets in the early 2000s, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 materially increased the ongoing compliance and reporting burden for public companies.—
Christopher Perkins,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Shares of Moderna were down more than 30% for the year entering Monday, fueled in large part by a string of moves by the Trump administration to change vaccine policy and undermine immunizations.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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Most Raw files, and some SDR files saved in advanced 16-bit or 32-bit formats, contain valid information for creating true Ultra HDR images, however, Google Photos doesn’t yet support such conversions.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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After a series of life-threatening fights, No-eul is able to successfully quell any threats to Gyeong-seok and his daughter’s life by permanently removing any trace of him in the organizers’ files.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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Nazario's son Zackery died after unlocking a train door, climbing on top of a moving train, and turning to look at his girlfriend just as the train crossed the Williamsburg Bridge.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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Omar took a train to the Antelope Valley in late March to visit Garcia Aquino, a youth travel soccer coach with the Hurricane Valley boys soccer club in the Sylmar area.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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Today, both roles sit at the nexus of digital transformation, customer experience, data trust and corporate reputation.—
Shashi Kiran,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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At the nexus of these efforts by the administration is a push to centralize ever-greater power at the federal level, never mind that Republicans have long been the standard-bearers for the federalist principle of states’ rights.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Albania ranks at the bottom for the second year in a row, with just 16.0% of its sites classified as excellent—a sharp drop from 41.2% last year.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This is Judge’s sixth 30-homer season and his fifth in a row.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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“Chain reaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chain%20reaction. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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