Example Sentences

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If not, there might be a whole chapter about it in the ninth edition of “Manias, Panics, and Crashes.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

Speculation was just as feverish north of the Ohio, until bubbles burst in both the Panics of 1819 and 1837.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Discovering these talents was almost as much of a surprise as the Panics, because ever since high school I’d been the person behind the camera and out of the spotlight.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2013

Panics and threat inflation can create distrust in many institutions, especially the press, and result in a “boy who cried wolf” problem.

From Forbes • Aug. 7, 2011

Panics that shake empires and topple trade into the dust seldom lower the cost of this king of precious stones; and there is no personal property that is so apt to remain unchanged in money-value.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various