Black Monday
Example Sentences
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Paul Volcker launched a campaign of rate hikes that led to a recession, and the Alan Greenspan era came on the heels of the Black Monday crash of 1987.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
With NFL’s Black Monday already in full swing, other teams are likely to make similar moves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
His father was an accountant until the company where he worked went under on Black Monday, the stock market crash of 1987, and then went into the restaurant business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
Yet, despite the magnitude of the declines—the rest of Dow’s top six single-day drops include three sessions from 1929 and Black Monday of Oct.
From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025
December 2nd was a veritable Black Monday for the Coalition in general, and for Russia in particular, where Monday is always looked upon as an unlucky day.
From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe
