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panic

[pan-ik] / ˈpæn ɪk /


NOUN
sudden drop in value in financial markets
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But as the days bled together, her resolve turned to panic when she discovered one outcome she had not considered.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Steve Burns: Either they panic too late or they do not panic at all.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

When we lost to City in April, that was the first time I thought we might not win this, but we didn't panic.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Mr. Schmidt exemplifies the propensity among a few tech titans to pretend they’d never urged anyone to panic about a coming climate apocalypse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 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




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