swoon
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Investors aren’t bracing for some shocking development that would cause a market swoon, but they’re unusually concerned about some specific stocks and sectors, according to Citadel Securities strategist Scott Rubner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The besotted “Dive” would make anyone swoon into whatever arms will have them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But investors may have found a way through the swoon that gripped stocks earlier this month.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
There was a collective swoon when news came through on Thursday that McTominay, the totem, had an iffy tummy, but he's good now.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
I quickly grab him and pull him back from the ledge before he can swoon off the cliff, and I hold him tight.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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However, with strong earnings providing fundamental support, those swoons are likely to be the exception rather than the norm.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
When fear is rising, traders are typically more likely to pay up for options to protect their portfolios, meaning the VIX tends to spike when the market swoons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Everybody swoons when they put four and five on weaker teams.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
“Mommy, you are the best cook in the world,” she swoons, kissing up to my wife.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2024
In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they rethought the whole show once America swoons over Cha-Cha the chow chow.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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Some traders have said the drop in bitcoin may be forcing some other selling in the traditional markets, which swooned this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
None of this was good news, but if investors were on board with the long-term prospects of the neocloud, the stock wouldn’t have swooned so hard.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Fans of "Girls Gone Bible" swooned in the comments on YouTube over Halili and Reitsma's professions of Christian humility.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
As they bounced to a fevered version of Dog Days Are Over, and swooned to the gothic romance of Between Two Lungs, it was clear why Florence still inspires such devotion.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
He lay there motionless, for so long a time that Gimli wondered if he had swooned or fallen asleep again.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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The crowd at the Indio festival, for instance, went wild for the puppets swooning to Ben Platt’s cover of Addison Rae’s hit tune “Diet Pepsi.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Far from swooning as she is clearly expected to do, Bessette banters tartly and refuses to give him her number.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
When Bowie briefly takes Connelly’s hand for the briefest one-two-three, one-two-three, imagining millions of hearts swooning in concert isn’t hard to do.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
Eilish has continued to explore new styles on her subsequent releases—pulling off swooning retro ballads on Happier Than Ever and gesturing toward dance music on Hit Me Hard and Soft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Zoe and Bianca drew their bows, but Bianca was having trouble because Grover kept swooning and leaning against her.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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