haywire
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Investors’ options bets on price swings have surged in recent days to their highest levels in years, according to Cboe Global Markets data, far surpassing when markets went haywire after Russia’s full-on invasion of Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
The plunge in stocks — by about 30% in less than three weeks — sent their portfolio balances haywire.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025
Both teams were more stable in the second half, with far fewer chances in comparison to the haywire first period.
From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025
But the women she’s asked are all in varying degrees of troubled transition, including but not limited to haywire hormones.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
“I know we did. But since things have gone so haywire, we may need to think beyond our public image until all is sorted out.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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The Lost Hero
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This Week In Words: March 14–20, 2020
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