jumpy
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“The market is very, very jumpy when it comes to the risks to foreign demand” for Treasurys, said Thomas Simons, a money-market economist for Jefferies in New York.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
As rates retreated from recent highs, investors have gotten jumpy at reports of troubled corporate borrowers.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
The logistical obstacle course they would need to navigate for the evacuation included soothing jumpy horses, scrambling for last-minute cargo flights and navigating Belgian bureaucracy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
This time, the soloist was the stellar emerging pianist Yunchan Lim, who keeps to himself, either lost in dreamy reverie or, like a jumpy teenager, in ferocious attack mode.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Then the jumpy familiar guitar sounds of “La bamba” started.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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