stampede
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Stress has been building, as a spate of defaults and losses, combined with fears about the fate of loans to software companies, caused a stampede of individual investors asking for their money back.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
And since losses from some of those shorts could be unlimited, the covering of those positions could trigger a stampede of buying, a circumstance known on Wall Street as a short squeeze.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
In 1974, a stampede at a David Cassidy concert in London was so traumatic that one medic said the scale of the injuries reminded him of the Blitz.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
But with plenty of borrowed money going into speculative trades—especially silver—it didn’t take much to cause a stampede for the exits, especially with commodity exchange CME Group also raising margin requirements on various metals.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
The stampede of fetterlings crashed against the base of the palace, and then the time for words was over.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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