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Recent Examples of chain reaction
If growth were to stall or the technology were to be seen as failing to deliver on its promises, the bubble might burst, triggering a chain reaction across the financial system.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
According to The Information, incident began when an engineer used an internal agent tool to analyze a technical question; the agent then posted advice without approval, which another employee followed, setting off a chain reaction that opened access to restricted systems.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Cutting out carbohydrates can also disrupt your thyroid hormones, and this can lead to a sort of chain reaction in your body.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 16 Mar. 2026
All of which has started to generate some essential change, though just how the Chiefs execute the presumptive chain reaction will be pivotal to how effective this initial burst becomes.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
According to The Information, incident began when an engineer used an internal agent tool to analyze a technical question; the agent then posted advice without approval, which another employee followed, setting off a chain reaction that opened access to restricted systems.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Cutting out carbohydrates can also disrupt your thyroid hormones, and this can lead to a sort of chain reaction in your body.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 16 Mar. 2026
All of which has started to generate some essential change, though just how the Chiefs execute the presumptive chain reaction will be pivotal to how effective this initial burst becomes.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chain reaction
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Hart will, however, address the pair of 20-point comebacks the Knicks pulled off en route to the conference finals for the first time in a quarter-century, a sequence of bizarre events many called a fluke.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The robot is built to manage continuous task sequences efficiently.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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The remote chain of more than 60 islands off the tip of India, south of the Maldives, has been under British control since 1814.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Some tribes, including the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma and Oneida Indian Nation in New York, have their own store chains.—
Mead Gruver,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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The footage was captured using Orion's solar array wing cameras, showing the progression of the eclipse as seen from the capsule, according to the statement released on Instagram.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Any story progression is just a nice bonus.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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With the right prompting from an outside party, the contents of any confidential file that the AI touched in training could be spilled.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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If enough rank-and-file lawmakers stood as one, challenged their party’s leaders and refused to accept this sorry system, the whole shady mess would grind to a halt.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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There were gut strings, then metallic strings.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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After each meal the Philadelphia native, now in his late 30s, would crack open a fortune cookie, reading the tiny paper with its words of wisdom on one side and a string of lucky numbers on the other.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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As an example, video taken in Austin showed a Waymo stop near train tracks as a train approached.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Riding on buses and trains in Seoul, Lee encountered electronic signs instructing riders on the etiquette of using public transportation.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
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The nexus of prediction markets, cryptocurrency interests and some of venture capital’s most powerful figures, including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen, could further counter the casino and gambling sector’s clout.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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There’s also the sense, as the years have passed, that this role is the nexus for a number of quirks that Gosling would bring to his later roles, and even his public persona.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Why hadn’t any of her producers and writers over the years—a murderers’ row including Tove Lo, Julia Michaels, and the duo Monsters & Strangerz, of the Max Martin school—struck the vein of her personality?—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Clippers have won 11 of 12 at home against Golden State, including nine in a row.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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