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Recent Examples of hair-trigger
They’re staffed around the clock and kept on hair-trigger alert.
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
The real uncertainties in the bond market are lodged in the larger complexities and flammable preconditions resulting from highly leveraged speculative positions set to unwind on a hair-trigger.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
But does the Sandman still have the fire in him to play a hockey player turned golfer powered by his hair-trigger temper?
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Tina Fey in 30 Rock Ali Goldstein—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank
Yet the hair-trigger sensitivities of audiences predisposed to judge Fey harshly have also fueled ridiculous backlashes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
And though a restless, hair-trigger sort of mood has enveloped Madrid for much of the season, their campaign retains considerable promise.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 10 Feb. 2025
Microsoft has refined every aspect of this controller and added some great new additions like adjustable-tension thumbsticks, even shorter hair-trigger locks, USB-C, and Bluetooth connectivity.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
Fortunately, there is a lot of physical stuff in ‘Planes, Trains’ and a lot that turns on a combination of sight gags and the comedians’ hair-trigger timing.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
The real uncertainties in the bond market are lodged in the larger complexities and flammable preconditions resulting from highly leveraged speculative positions set to unwind on a hair-trigger.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
But does the Sandman still have the fire in him to play a hockey player turned golfer powered by his hair-trigger temper?
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Tina Fey in 30 Rock Ali Goldstein—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank
Yet the hair-trigger sensitivities of audiences predisposed to judge Fey harshly have also fueled ridiculous backlashes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
And though a restless, hair-trigger sort of mood has enveloped Madrid for much of the season, their campaign retains considerable promise.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 10 Feb. 2025
Microsoft has refined every aspect of this controller and added some great new additions like adjustable-tension thumbsticks, even shorter hair-trigger locks, USB-C, and Bluetooth connectivity.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
Fortunately, there is a lot of physical stuff in ‘Planes, Trains’ and a lot that turns on a combination of sight gags and the comedians’ hair-trigger timing.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hair-trigger
Adjective
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Law enforcement faces the challenge of sorting fact from fiction in real time as swatters employ tools like AI to bolster their hoax in a hypersensitive climate surrounding mass shootings.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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In autistic individuals, this sense can be either heightened (hypersensitive) or diminished (hyposensitive).—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Your eyes become supersensitive to sunlight: Some people with nr-axSpA will also have a condition called uveitis.—
Alice Oglethorpe,
SELF,
18 July 2025
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Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.—
Katharine Merlin,
Town & Country,
1 Sep. 2023
Adjective
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According to the research team leader, Lin Xianfeng, an associate chief orthopedic surgeon at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital affiliated with the renowned Zhejiang University, the adhesive can achieve precise fixation within two to three minutes, even in a blood-rich environment.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Whatever, Dever quickly recanted her earlier precise testimony to the FBI about the sinister doings by those two dodgy cops behind Karen Read’s SUV.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Hair-trigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hair-trigger. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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