touch off

New sneaker releases may have touched off at least some of the recent incidents.

The White House canceled a poorly drafted order halting federal payments after it touched off nationwide chaos.

West Coast saw a tsunami advisory was in January 2022, Snider said, after the eruption of an underwater volcano in a remote corner of the South Pacific touched off a powerful tsunami.

De León was an active participant in the vile conversation that touched off the scandal.

Little, however, has connected the festivities in Chicago to a basic human need to which the speeches, the music and, yes, the “vibe” touched off within us.