panic

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake jolted Panama on Friday, setting off panic in the capital city and warnings of dangerous tsunami waves.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

That’s why people sell their stocks in a panic during a market correction and/or go heavy in gold, dive headfirst into bonds and cash vehicles instead, only to regret it later.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

A premature New England panic cools with a Patriots victory in Buffalo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

An abundance of panic is how others have seen it.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

It was a relief to let all his panic come through in his voice, to sound as scared as he felt.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

She panics on red carpets and says interviews make her nervous, although she certainly doesn’t seem it today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

To end repeated banking panics, the Federal Reserve was signed into law in 1913 with a unique public-private system of governance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Until the railroad boom of the 18th century’s second half, the U.S. was actually lagging the U.K., owing to major panics in 1819 and 1837.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, the federal government stepped in repeatedly during banking panics to stabilize the system.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

To Steve Eisman at FrontPoint Partners, the market seemed mainly stupid or delusional: A financial culture that had experienced so many tiny panics followed by robust booms saw any sell-off as merely another buying opportunity.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Like Jones, Ms. Perry captures the sensory experience of death and the feeling of existing in a strange, panicked void.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

She recalls how, after learning of his disappearance, the family panicked and visited military camps and police stations across Jaffna in a desperate search for information without any luck.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

His home isn’t oceanfront, so he’s not too panicked about the upcoming winter, but he will be prepared for likely flooding, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Students were panicked, Dawadi said, and one girl fainted.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Rasseem had tried to restrain his second tower of birds, but the panicked camel reared up and toppled the structure toward Rasseem’s head.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

But I've had enough of second-guessing myself and panicking I'm poisoning my child if I feed him chicken nuggets, so I've given my shopping list to a dietitian to analyse.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Behavioral biases can tug investors in the direction of either panicking and holding on following a plunge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"We were here at home panicking a little, in our bodies, my arms were still shaking," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

I recounted the incident to my therapist, panicking at the prospect of a “date.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Are we, though? Or are we just panicking around and trying to save what we like?”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi