jitters
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Did Abdul-Mateen have Simon-like jitters signing up for one of this fall’s most highly anticipated movies?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The bull market has been under attack at the start of the second half of 2026 — jitters over the artificial-intelligence buildout, geopolitical flare-ups and rising longer-term interest rates have all ganged up on investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
But market jitters over sky-high AI spending without a path to good returns overpowered the company’s better-than-forecast financial performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The selloffs were likely sparked by investor jitters over high levels of AI spending, which had weighed on U.S.-listed tech companies overnight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It gave him the jitters to listen to it.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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