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Recent Examples of trigger-happy
The screenplay even pays tribute to the island’s anti-fascist heritage with an elderly, trigger-happy partisan shooting from her balcony and singing Communist songs with the Mayor.
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Alissa Simon, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Dancing next to the procession of kids and the trigger-happy xylophone infant.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 July 2024
On the other hand, post-Soviet Russia’s nuclear strategy seemed more trigger-happy than before.
—Olga Oliker, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
Add to the mix the trigger-happy culture of hiring and firing traders, and the hunt for clever managers is as important as stellar returns and raising cash.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
He’s been a renegade sheriff in The Hateful Eight, an outlaw on Justified, a Navy SEAL on Six and a trigger-happy train robber in Shanghai Noon — but Fallout marks the first time he’s been two versions of one cowboy.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
As played by Paul Newman, William Bonney is a trigger-happy hothead who’s more misunderstood than evil.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
Ricki Tarr is not a trigger-happy super-spy but a low-level field agent who happens to be a bit of a romantic gentleman.
—Elliott Smith and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 23 May 2024
Worst off were grizzly bears, who overwhelmingly perished near roads—not because they were struck by cars, though that happened, but because roads pumped the woods full of trigger-happy humans.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Alissa Simon, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Dancing next to the procession of kids and the trigger-happy xylophone infant.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 July 2024
On the other hand, post-Soviet Russia’s nuclear strategy seemed more trigger-happy than before.
—Olga Oliker, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
Add to the mix the trigger-happy culture of hiring and firing traders, and the hunt for clever managers is as important as stellar returns and raising cash.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
He’s been a renegade sheriff in The Hateful Eight, an outlaw on Justified, a Navy SEAL on Six and a trigger-happy train robber in Shanghai Noon — but Fallout marks the first time he’s been two versions of one cowboy.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
As played by Paul Newman, William Bonney is a trigger-happy hothead who’s more misunderstood than evil.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
Ricki Tarr is not a trigger-happy super-spy but a low-level field agent who happens to be a bit of a romantic gentleman.
—Elliott Smith and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 23 May 2024
Worst off were grizzly bears, who overwhelmingly perished near roads—not because they were struck by cars, though that happened, but because roads pumped the woods full of trigger-happy humans.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trigger-happy
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China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are increasingly belligerent and increasingly operating in concert.Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Iran had initially downplayed the impact of Israel’s strikes on its military facilities, but in recent days has begun to voice increasingly belligerent rhetoric.Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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For decades, Alec maintained a pugnacious relationship with the press, but photographers who have followed him for years noticed a shift after Rust.Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 July 2024
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The normally pugnacious Trump campaign took the rare step of distancing itself from Hinchcliffe.Jill Colvin, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
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And North Korea’s increasingly bellicose attitude toward its neighbors has roiled China’s diplomatic and economic relations with South Korea and Japan.Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
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In addition to this bellicose foreign policy and disregard for American warnings, at home, Putin began to abandon Russia’s reform trajectory, instead combining an open economic system with an authoritarian regime.Stephan Kieninger / Made by History, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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With more than half of seniors on private Medicare Advantage plans now, this combative trend could create increasing disruption to their coverage.Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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In contrast to Biden's combative tone, Harris made a plea to all Americans, including Republicans, at a rally attended by 75,000 people at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Some characters die violently in a warlike atmosphere, and the remaining ones struggle with their losses.Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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China is constantly searching for opportunities to take bits of territory and catch its opponent by surprise, without taking overt warlike actions.Brahma Chellaney, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2021
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In recent months, U.S., British, German and other European officials have accused Russia of organizing an increasingly aggressive sabotage campaign aimed at undermining and disrupting Western assistance to Ukraine.Tom Costello, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Throughout the election season, Republicans and Democrats viewed Arizona's 11 electoral college votes as up for grabs, which meant both parties did aggressive campaigning throughout the state and both Trump and Harris visited on multiple occasions.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Israel denies allegations of genocide in its more than year-long offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas.Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The militant group is an al Qaeda affiliate that has fought to establish an Islamic state in Somalia based on Shariah law.CBS News, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Deda’s son, Karel (a terrific turn from Karel Martinec, the filmmaker’s own father) is an ornery recent widower who is truculent with his two adult daughters Lucie (Pavlína Balner) and Romana (Karin Bilíková).Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 July 2024
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Needing Maher’s truculent approval to sustain their own arguments, they’re defined by their enemy.Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024
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“Trigger-happy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trigger-happy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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