How to Use trigger point in a Sentence
trigger point
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There’s a trigger point knob and gua-sha-style scoop to knead out knots with precision.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 6 Jan. 2023
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The Port of Seattle estimates that the cloud ceiling at Sea-Tac is below the trigger point about 20% of the year.
—Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Jan. 2022
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Both scores operate more like the music in a video game, with a complex web of variables and trigger points.
—Tim Greiving, latimes.com, 12 June 2019
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This was a muscle release, often called the trigger point style of acupuncture.
—Michelle Parente, Verywell Health, 13 May 2023
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Black people owning and using guns has always been a trigger point in the United States.
—Washington Post, 25 June 2021
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Stationary fronts, like the one bringing the Mid-South so much heavy rain this weekend, are a common trigger point for fog around this time of year.
—Dennis Mersereau, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
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But it's still expected to clear the trigger point this year to avoid a shortage declaration in 2017.
—Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2021
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And that clump of inflamed tissue is a myofascial trigger point.
—Zachary Gillen, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022
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This is a great set for trigger point therapy in order to relieve sore muscles.
—Chris Hachey, BGR, 25 Mar. 2021
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Besides the high number of community outbreaks, the county also is past the trigger point in the rate of cases.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2020
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The database allows first responders to better speak to someone with autism, know their trigger points and how to best react.
—Johnny Diaz, sun-sentinel.com, 23 July 2019
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Many people are upset about masks because it's been made out to be a trigger point by many leaders that people are listening to.
—CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
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The grooves in this roller are great for targeting trigger points and deep muscle tissue that’s been chronically tight.
—Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2019
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The bulletin said issues along the southern border could also present a trigger point for extremists.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 7 June 2022
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Others believe that his trigger point might be a more direct entry into the war by NATO countries.
—New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022
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There are several theories about how dry needling works to relieve trigger points.
—Brittany Ferri, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2023
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This includes a basic foam roller, an adjustable rolling stick and a massage ball to get even deeper into the muscles and hit specific trigger points.
—Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2019
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Vaccinations are the trigger point that will get people back to work, travel, and going out to restaurants, stores, sporting events, and concerts.
—Bill George, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2021
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Both men were being briefed by the team managing the fire, and knew firefighters were clearing fire lines atop the lake’s rim, along Forest Service Road 2901, which appeared to be their trigger point.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2021
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Three other swimmers described Shaw touching their breasts or groins while conducting trigger point therapy away from the site of their pain.
—USA Today, 17 Apr. 2020
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The trigger point for outcry around pregnancy care centers falls squarely around the recent Dobbs decision.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
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And its reach is expanding, because the trigger points aren’t adjusted for inflation.
—Laura Saunders, WSJ, 14 July 2017
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Cesar Nerey of Station 86 suggested people identify trigger points, which are markers on the horizon that tell people if a fire gets to a certain point that’s their cue to leave.
—Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2019
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The lake’s level on Tuesday dropped below 1,075 feet, the trigger point for a shortage, which the federal government is expected to declare in August.
—Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2021
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Even clean on-shore wind parks in Germany are a trigger point for affected residents who often complain the giant turbines are an eyesore.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2021
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The peaks and troughs of voltage oscillations in brain waves nudge the neuron closer to the trigger point or farther away from it, thereby boosting or inhibiting its tendency to fire.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 May 2020
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But if the water level drops below the 1,075-foot trigger point, Arizona and Nevada will face water delivery cuts, according to the Washington Times.
—Lauren Steele, Outside Online, 9 July 2014
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Vallée uses fragments of memories, dreamlike sequences, and trigger points to hint at her history, flashing back and forth through time.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 July 2018
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Do massage guns get rid of knots? Commonly called knots, myofascial trigger points are stiff and hypercontracted areas in the muscle that may be tender to the touch and sometimes even painful.
—Michelle Parente, Cyt, Health, 26 June 2023
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Neurons fire an electrical impulse when the voltage difference between the inside and outside of the neuron reaches a certain trigger point.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 May 2020
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