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Recent Examples of trigger-happy
An ascendant China, a trigger-happy Russia and rollercoaster politics in the U.S., among other factors, are prompting conversations of the deadliest stakes.
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
When Orsolya knocks on the man’s door with an army of trigger-happy policemen at her back, the bailiff — in her infinite mercy — agrees to give the guy some time to collect his belongings.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
Rifle Club is a trigger-happy world where violence is almost poetically portrayed.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The trigger-happy tradition to shoot guns in the air at midnight on New Years Eve has gone on for decades.
—Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
When Orsolya knocks on the man’s door with an army of trigger-happy policemen at her back, the bailiff — in her infinite mercy — agrees to give the guy some time to collect his belongings.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
Rifle Club is a trigger-happy world where violence is almost poetically portrayed.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The trigger-happy tradition to shoot guns in the air at midnight on New Years Eve has gone on for decades.
—Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trigger-happy
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Everyone seemed white, and every man other than the fathers and the very old seemed belligerent.—
Michael Thomas,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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Another man told the belligerent passenger not to speak disrespectfully to women.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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Some Democrats may thrill each time Newsom delivers one of his pugnacious pronouncements.—
Mark Barabak,
Mercury News,
19 July 2025
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Keefe was an Irish Republican from Boston, the son of a meat cutter, who made his name in New Haven as a pugnacious defender of the oppressed from their oppressors.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
11 July 2025
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The Fed’s debates about monetary policy come against a bellicose political backdrop, in which the central bank’s traditional independence is eroding.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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In 2017, the President returned from an impressively bellicose Bastille Day celebration in France determined to host his own version of a military parade.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
12 June 2025
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Installed throughout Wembley Park–including along Olympic Way and outside Wembley Stadium–the exhibition provides a rare glimpse into the early relationship between the famously combative siblings who powered Oasis to global stardom.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Jorge became combative and tried to get police to leave the apartment, but she was taken into custody.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
25 July 2025
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His warlike actions in Iran, despite campaign promises to the contrary, blatantly bypassed the need to gain approval from the legislative branch of government.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2025
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The bottom line: Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Being too aggressive with your use of ice can damage your skin.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
22 July 2025
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Sadly, Minx was soon diagnosed with an aggressive cancer.—
Staff Author,
People.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Israel declared war on Hamas after the militant group's soldiers launched a surprise attack on the Jewish state, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Trump has been uniquely willing to break with Israel on many issues—for instance, by making deals with the Houthi militant group in Yemen and opening a diplomatic dialogue with Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, despite his past alignment with al-Qaeda.—
ZAHA HASSAN,
Foreign Affairs,
29 July 2025
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Ever since the truculent meeting between Trump, Vance, and the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, in February, infantilized or bloated distortions of Vance’s face have been a popular meme, defining the digital brand of the Administration, at least for its opponents.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
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Not the first imaginative, truculent Irishman to play the game, nor the last, McCracken’s militancy and principles put him at odds with the Irish Football Association.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
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“Trigger-happy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trigger-happy. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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