Sentence examples for nearly triggered from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, their reckless obstruction in Congress, which nearly triggered a default, makes the nation's descent into chaos more likely.

She tries to get Sheila to look up Gerald's history, both of them blissfully unaware that Gerald is the online troll whose activities have nearly triggered an apocalyptic event.

Douma – the most populous town in Eastern Ghouta – lies close to the site of the sarin gas attacks almost exactly two years ago that were widely blamed on the Assad regime and nearly triggered US air strikes.

In the basement of the Fayziyeh seminary where an attack by the Shah's forces in 1963 nearly triggered his downfall, about 4,000 mourners shed tears, beat their chests, and prayed for the security of the supreme leader.

Some of its provisions caused a revolt among either conservative Republicans or liberal Democrats that nearly triggered a government-wide shutdown.

But that suggestion nearly triggered a riot among the more than 200 journalists, who insisted that he offer up his views on the situation in Kashmir and other current events.

LET militants attacked the Indian parliament in 2001, nearly triggering a war with Pakistan.

That is exactly what Livingstone did when he lost in 2008, blaming Gordon Brown's unpopularity, and nearly triggering his downfall the following weekend.

Earlier this year news of president Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi's death was leaked to the press, but not confirmed by the government for 24 hours, prompting fears of a power struggle and nearly triggering a constitutional crisis before he was eventually succeeded by the current president, Joyce Banda.

There have already been far too many computer and human errors nearly triggering nuclear exchanges for any informed person to rest easy.

Considering how much consternation Syrian chemical weapons caused last year, nearly triggering Obama to lead us into the Syrian civil war, that doesn't seem all that wise, does it?