placid

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Steve Sosnick, the chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, writes that the president’s comments “challenged investors’ perceptions about a speedy end to hostilities and a fundamental tenet of U.S. equities’ placid response to the crisis.”

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Composer Bernard Herrmann’s score, his last, is alternately mellow and roiling, befitting its placid but simmering antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Lilac Hill has a placid surface, far removed from what England can expect to face at Optus Stadium next week.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

This placid trading ultimately sent the three-month realized volatility for the S&P 500 to its lowest level since January 2020 last week, according to FactSet data and MarketWatch calculations.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

Yet, the feelings in the air were not all placid.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt