knee-jerk
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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
Any sign that the war could continue has sparked a knee-jerk rise in yields, especially for shorter-term Treasurys that are particularly sensitive to shifts in the near-term outlook for interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Jeffery says the government's "knee-jerk" response is over the top.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Typically, the knee-jerk response to all of this is, “So what? Just don’t commit crimes and you have nothing to worry about.”
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
They didn’t just have a knee-jerk reaction to immediately respond to the text.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
“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
But a former cabinet minister - strongly opposed to withdrawal - described the idea as "knee jerk nonsense".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2023
The Diagnosis is made at first by the fatigue, peculiar pains, loss of the knee jerk, the peculiar pupil and history of syphilis.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
