shock wave

Example Sentences

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The initial explosion also creates damaging ‘shock waves.’

From The Wall Street Journal

More than two months later, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, he noted, sending shock waves through financial markets and triggering the financial crisis as oil collapsed to $40 a barrel.

From MarketWatch

The economic shock waves of the war are leaving no part of the world untouched.

From The Wall Street Journal

The economic shock waves of the Iran war are leaving no part of the world untouched.

From The Wall Street Journal

The shock waves have been felt from the Middle East, where big producers like Kuwait are shutting down, to American highways, where drivers are facing higher prices at the pump.

From The Wall Street Journal