knee jerk
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When asked about how tough sentencing in Northern Ireland is Dame Siobhan said there can be a "knee jerk reaction".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“The knee jerk is likely disappointment, given the lack of acceleration in both billed business and revenue growth,” Foran said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Investors do not want to see this and the negative knee jerk reaction is being seen,” Ives said of Alphabet stock’s drop.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
"Everyone recognizes there is a growing antibiotic resistance crisis, and the knee jerk reaction is to develop new antibiotics," You added.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
His knee jerk was slighter than on the other side, but it was present and the weakness was due to the loss of power in the muscles.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Asia’s tech selloff looks like a knee-jerk reaction to the headline, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Brychan reassured teachers and leaders that there would be no knee-jerk response to the results and plans were in place to support schools to raise standards.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, seems wary of such knee-jerk rebounds, and argues that a shift in attitudes toward option trading may help explain them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
A knee-jerk reaction to an underwhelming report could trigger a substantial slide.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
He’d have thought that knee-jerk skepticism would have been knuckled under by the sight of the enormous floating seraph in the sky.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
