panic
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Officials are now moving swiftly to prevent panic and restore confidence by carrying out spot checks on markets across the country.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Fundstrat’s Mark Newton says it’s not time to panic about surging bond yields driving a deeper stock rout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Someone said it looks like panic — maybe it is. It won’t make much real difference,” Daniels said in an interview on CNBC.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
“I’m in a panic over this lettuce situation,” she admits, referring to the cyclosporiasis outbreaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“La, what happened? What made you panic? That hasn’t happened since your mom.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
She panics briefly, then gathers herself and finds her confidence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Among the many tedious features of market panics is the well-known cognitive error of catastrophizing.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026
Whenever somebody stares at Sasha-Jay Davies in a supermarket, she panics, thinking they recognise her face and are about to confront her.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Spencer, the boy who sits next to me in science, panics.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
I point this out because investors panicked earlier this week as the bottom appeared to drop out of the market — even if temporarily.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Lifesaving Association warns prospective lifeguards that “a panicked victim, desperate for buoyant support, is a very real threat to an approaching rescuer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The person then reportedly "panicked and left the premises" after realising what had happened, according to the Ofcom statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
“When I started doing my research, I got really panicked and thought that I’d made a horrible mistake and this was just going to be impossibly dark,” Hunnam recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
As Fabyan joked with the conductor, Elizebeth panicked.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
“I’ve been saying ‘bond traders can stop panicking when the Fed starts panicking.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
"People were panicking, running here and there. We're evacuating for the time being... and trying to get to the hills," he said, adding: "My family is safe. No one was harmed."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Markets stop panicking when policymakers stop panicking,” Lee said, quoting billionaire hedge-fund manager David Tepper.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
His friend Scarlett was the one who enthusiastically pushed Nasa’s hand up when Hurwitz, panicking, asked if anyone in the audience was an “amazing sight reader.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
He’s not panicking, and it reminds me of how settled my parents looked after they set me up for freedom.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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