spook
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See: The rising cost of capital for companies today is starting to spook the stock market: ‘The worry is the spending might not pay off’
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
Memory and chip stocks were bouncing Monday, with a Morgan Stanley analyst noting that the current cycle leaves room for “false flag” signals that may spook investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The mere notion that these companies are no longer increasing their AI spending would be enough to spook the markets, Sosnick said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
In his own moment of terror, Gunn acted like a man jumping out of a cupboard trying to spook somebody.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Up in the citadel, pacing, she felt as jumpy as though she were really there in the room with him, ready to spook at his slightest movement.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
After all, the Anthropic co-founder has a front-row seat when it comes to how AI models like Claude are transforming jobs and the economy—a topic that spooks parents everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
The correlation will break when an event spooks markets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
It's been suggested a nurse and an injured sailor are among our spooks.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
The report spooks participants in the crypto market.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
I loved him because he made it plain, never mystical or esoteric, because his science was not rooted in the actions of spooks and mystery gods but in the work of the physical world.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
And Tesla’s stock is cratering after rising capital spending revealed on its earnings call Wednesday spooked investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Likho has never harmed the centuries-old objects in her shop, Kobliha says, but he has spooked suspected ghosts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
"The bull was very frightened, it was spooked."
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Wall Street appears to be spooked by a report that OpenAI could delay its IPO and by Apple’s decision to raise prices on some products.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
I was jarred—a little spooked, as well—at so blatant a reference to something referred to, by mutual agreement, almost exclusively with codes, catchwords, a hundred different euphemisms.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
The overnight strikes killed one sailor from India and injured several other crew members, spooking captains and shipping executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yet this immense spending has started to siphon off most of these companies’ free cash flow, spooking investors who are worried about the return on investment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
When CVS Health reports earnings on Wednesday, it’ll cap off first quarter results among Medicare Advantage players that have fared well so far, after spooking Wall Street early in the year.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Blue Owl has sold loans for top dollar to meet the redemption requests at one of its funds in full, but left out details about which loans remain and what they are worth, spooking investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
“We might need to find a different alley location. This one is totally spooking Fred. I can tell.”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
