spook
Example Sentences
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Others are too spooked to enter the market or are waiting for prices to drop even further, Mr Hildebrand said.
From BBC
In Florida markets including Cape Coral, higher insurance costs and hurricanes are also spooking buyers.
Despite trading above $100,000 in the beginning of the year, the crypto plunged with the rest of the market in April as global tariffs and trade disputes spooked investors.
From MarketWatch
Read: ‘The bulls are definitely spooked’: Has silver’s stunning rise this year run out of steam?
From MarketWatch
Meanwhile, investors have grown used to outsize growth in revenues from quarter to quarter and are easily spooked by any sign of a slowdown.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
