panic button
Example Sentences
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This week’s software-stock selloff feels like the latest reason to reach for the career panic button, unless you happen to be an artificial-intelligence developer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
“It’s too early to be hitting the panic button yet,” says Daniel Kritenbrink, a partner at the consultancy The Asia Group and previously the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
Now Anthropic has provided one bot with a panic button just in case.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
The water alarm was triggered at 8:16 a.m., and the panic button on the keypad by the front door was activated at 8:55 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025
The panic button was there, waiting to be used if the situation blew up fast and ugly.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
