skittish
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"Markets can look skittish or confused, but what they're really doing is managing event risk in real time, with oil sitting right at the centre of that."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
But the details of the exposure are murky, and investors have grown skittish about banks’ connections to private credit this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Stories of job loss abound within the US Haitian diaspora as some employers become skittish over the uncertainty surrounding TPS.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
The younger versions of Noah and Allie, callow and skittish, are laid out in broad strokes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
Cora always arranged the children at the starting line, aiming their feet, calming the skittish ones, and graduating some to the older kids’ race if need be.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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