Sentence examples for set off race from inspiring English sources

Subsequent Johnson victories set off race riots in American cities.

Britain started a second investigation in the house fire that killed 14 black children in 1981 in the New Cross neighborhood of South London and helped set off race riots in Brixton that left about 400 people injured.

The lure of a prize competition is that it can set off a race to achieve what is just beyond reach.

WHY did panel overturn Proposition 8? WHY will this decision not set off a race to the chapel by same-sex couples?

In fact, the real point of the push to allow interstate sales is that it would set off a race to the bottom, effectively eliminating state regulation.

In "Mischief" (1993), the Deaf Man tried to set off a race riot in a city "on the thin edge of explosion".

The discoveries have set off a race by companies hoping to develop cells to be sold for neural transplantation, part of the larger field of regenerative medicine.

How strange to be so famous that you're like a starting pistol: wherever you go, nothing happens until you walk in and set off the race.

The legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State has set off a race among resorts and hotels around the world to become the next honeymoon hot spot for gay and lesbian couples.

Unlike the 2008 State Supreme Court decision here overturning an earlier ban on same-sex marriage, this decision is not about to set off a race to the chapel by same-sex couples.

The response, more than a month after First Quantum announced its latest cash-and-stock offer, may set off a race for Inmet, one of the world's major copper mining companies.