spook
Example Sentences
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“This is great news as Bayer is becoming investable again for a large part of the investment that was spooked by the judicial risk,” said analysts at Alphavalue.
From MarketWatch
More: ‘I’m spooked’: Gold is back, but is it a high-risk bet for retirement?
From MarketWatch
An alternative would be to borrow the money but the Treasury would be reluctant to breach its borrowing targets for fear of spooking the financial markets.
From BBC
Its delay had spooked some maritime executives who were worried the issue was losing momentum.
That reassured shareholders who might have been spooked by Cisco’s earnings earlier this week, when it said its own margins would be compressed due to the soaring cost of memory components.
From Barron's
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