spook
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Read: The rising cost of capital for companies today is starting to spook the stock market: ‘The worry is the spending might not pay off’
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
In his own moment of terror, Gunn acted like a man jumping out of a cupboard trying to spook somebody.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
They would also have to gain comfort that a restructuring wouldn’t spook MBS investors, many of whom have warned against ending the conservatorship and said such a move would force mortgage rates higher.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Some began to worry that market conditions could spook investors ahead of the coming mega IPOs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
“Don’t lie to us, sir,” said the spook with the glasses.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
The information is stored in a database that can be queried by U.S. spooks and often goes into the President’s daily intelligence briefing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
This is the eighth and final year Enea’s family of four will be remaking its Van Nuys property into a frightful, walk-through attraction that spooks thousands of visitors each Halloween.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
The correlation will break when an event spooks markets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
One of the tougher puzzles asks would-be spooks to calculate how far off from writing the numbers 1-20 the puzzle setters were.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024
I loved him because he made it plain, never mystical or esoteric, because his science was not rooted in the actions of spooks and mystery gods but in the work of the physical world.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Big Tech is shoveling billions of dollars into the AI buildout, leaving investors spooked and analysts behind.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The cut in outlook, however, spooked investors, Herbert said, and puts Honeywell Aerospace “squarely in the penalty box.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
But shares in the company tumbled on the back of the earnings report, with investors generally spooked by the huge amounts of money being spent on AI.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
SpaceX stock looked to have finally achieved liftoff after a rocky start, but then investors got spooked by some otherworldly AI spending plans announced alongside its generally good results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
On the one hand, the federal marshal showing up the night before had spooked me.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
The dip has been caused by concerns about AI industry sustainability and conflict in the Middle East spooking investors, KB Securities analyst Kim Dong-won said in a note on Monday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The overnight strikes killed one sailor from India and injured several other crew members, spooking captains and shipping executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yet this immense spending has started to siphon off most of these companies’ free cash flow, spooking investors who are worried about the return on investment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Surging bond yields were spooking investors on Friday, dragging down Asian, European, and U.S. stocks.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
I looked around the yard, unable to see what might be spooking him.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
