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Recent Examples of hair-trigger
Cramped passengers are ruled not by bonhomie but by hair-trigger aggression, while flight crews seek compliance rather than kinship.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
His unfiltered personality and hair-trigger antics have stretched the limits of what a mascot can do — and get away with.
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Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
This is a man who shows up at a bank with two dubious associates — the glowering, hair-trigger Sal (Moss-Bachrach) and, until his stomach gives out, the wobbling hot mess Ray-Ray (Christopher Sears) — and a bunch of guns.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
The movie had moments of discordant comedy, but Sidney Lumet staged it in his hair-trigger fluorescent vérité style.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
There still tends to be more patience on the hoops side as far as hair-trigger firings or Lane Kiffin-style departures.
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Justin Williams,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
His hair-trigger homemade contraption pressured all three major networks into giving Kiritsis airtime to explain his grievances to the public.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
But Halfmann suspects this hair-trigger system is needlessly killing brain cells in diseases like Alzheimer's.
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Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
They’re staffed around the clock and kept on hair-trigger alert.
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Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
6 Aug. 2025
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
His unfiltered personality and hair-trigger antics have stretched the limits of what a mascot can do — and get away with.
—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
This is a man who shows up at a bank with two dubious associates — the glowering, hair-trigger Sal (Moss-Bachrach) and, until his stomach gives out, the wobbling hot mess Ray-Ray (Christopher Sears) — and a bunch of guns.
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
The movie had moments of discordant comedy, but Sidney Lumet staged it in his hair-trigger fluorescent vérité style.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
There still tends to be more patience on the hoops side as far as hair-trigger firings or Lane Kiffin-style departures.
—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
His hair-trigger homemade contraption pressured all three major networks into giving Kiritsis airtime to explain his grievances to the public.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
But Halfmann suspects this hair-trigger system is needlessly killing brain cells in diseases like Alzheimer's.
—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
They’re staffed around the clock and kept on hair-trigger alert.
—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hair-trigger
Adjective
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The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway.
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However, people who are hypersensitive to other stinging insects are at higher risk of anaphylactic response to Asian needle ant stings.
Adjective
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Researchers think this is because walking is a highly dynamic behaviour that requires precise timing across both sides of the body.
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Financial markets depend on precise timing to synchronize transactions.
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“Hair-trigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hair-trigger. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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