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doozy

[doo-zee] / ˈdu zi /


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Investors are bracing for what could be a doozy of a trading session.

From MarketWatch Mar. 19, 2026

"A capstone is intended to challenge students to integrate skills, function as an effective team and demonstrate their ability to solve real problems. And this problem was a doozy."

From Science Daily Mar. 10, 2026

Will you be surprised to learn he carries with him a dark secret, or that his estranged wife, as opposed to the radiant daughter of the boat’s skipper, is one doozy of a femme fatale?

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

This year could be a doozy at the world’s most powerful central bank.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

The expression on my face must’ve been a doozy, because Thandiwe chuckled and held out her club to me.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

To be fair, 2025 produced plenty of IPO doozies that investors would be wise to avoid until they demonstrate real technical fortitude.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

There were shirts, bumper stickers, coffee mugs and doozies for sale.

From Washington Times Aug. 28, 2023

You’ve got to try a couple because you’re going to get some doozies.

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2022

I’m betting that whatever else happens, the dream sequences will be doozies.

From Washington Post Sep. 9, 2021

Her charged history of elevating dubious experts is understandable — anybody would make some pretty bad calls in a long and varied career, and she's made some doozies.

From Salon Feb. 7, 2020




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