stampede
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The stampede was said to have started near the entrance to the site and was exacerbated by the onset of heavy rain.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
And since losses from some of those shorts could be unlimited, the covering of those positions could trigger a stampede of buying, a circumstance known on Wall Street as a short squeeze.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Private-credit managers are facing an ongoing reckoning as individual investors stampede out of private-credit funds, worried about a downturn in software, a number of high-profile defaults and restrictions accessing their money.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Will Bitcoin’s losses start a stampede for the exits in these funds?
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
What if millions of terrified human survivors fled in a stampede, making their way to the sea where ships waited to evacuate them?
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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