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Their shorter-term outlook on stocks in September was neutral, as they fretted over potential volatility from choppy bond markets, looming midterm elections and geopolitical stress.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Wildlife experts responding to the tour’s report set out on boats to try to remove the net, but were stymied by choppy waters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The result was a choppy start to the trading week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Navatek was not a profit center but a vehicle for Loui’s passion projects, like an experimental catamaran for navigating Hawaii’s choppy waters.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Beyond the plaza lay the glittering channel, brilliant in the sunlight and choppy with white-capped waves, and beyond that the wooded shore, where Mr. Benedict’s telescopes were going to be hidden.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

“Bottom line, I like treating this weakness as an opportunity rather than a warning, with my expectation being for a push back to new highs before a choppier period materializes into September,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

But in recent weeks, that rotation has been choppier, with small daily moves in the indexes painting over sharper undulations underneath the hood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

The market action around the AI trade—plays on the global AI investment boom—got even choppier this past week.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

The water’s likely to get much choppier in the afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

Their Spanish was choppier than my school version but I understood.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Beware of the Halloween dip, says Citadel Securities’ Scott Rubner, whose chart shows we’re in one of the choppiest months for stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025

It's been one of choppiest offseasons in recent memory, so maybe that light at the end of winter's tunnel isn't burning so bright this year.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 2, 2020

Ken Livingstone sailed straight for the choppiest waters.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 27, 2016

Last September, the VIX hovered around levels nearly double its average, after a downgrade to the credit rating of the U.S. touched off some of the choppiest markets in years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2012

The choppiest schedule belongs to the 49ers: three 1 p.m. starts, one at 4:05, seven at 4:15, three at 8:20, two at 8:30, with appearances on all five N.F.L. networks.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2012