Sentence examples for election set off from inspiring English sources

The recent election set off civil unrest, and Haiti has been on edge ever since.

Mr. Obama's election set off a boom in merchandise, official or otherwise, that has come to be called Obamabilia.

The election set off weeks of bloodshed, destruction and ethnic balkanization, which for a moment put Kenya's future in doubt.

President Trump's election set off a mad scramble among high-profile journalists, book authors and filmmakers who compete to tell the story of American history and experience.

Its announcement that Warren Harding won the 1920 presidential election set off a cascade of changes in how news was delivered and consumed and how it would be taught.

The subsequent announcement of his victory two days after the election set off widespread violence in the North against those perceived to be supporters of the P.D.P., including Christians.

lost his Republican primary election, setting off a mad dash for his job as House Majority Leader, one thing has become clear: The real challenge for GOP lawmakers won't be replacing Cantor, but agreeing on who gets another top job opening up in the party's leadership.

His re-election set off some of the largest protests since the 1979 revolution, and his opponents have accused him of rigging the results.

The United Nations said Tuesday that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had congratulated President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, whose contested re-election set off violent protests across the country.

In Zimbabwe in 2008 Robert Mugabe's sabotage of elections set off civil upheaval.

A 2014 interpretation giving Beijing control of who could run for chief executive in any future direct elections set off the Umbrella Movement.