stampede

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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

Will Bitcoin’s losses start a stampede for the exits in these funds?

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

That's when "a stampede" began for the main exit, she says, and Fred desperately pushed her ahead in the crowd.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, the grim situation has put a chill into the stampede that invariably follows the exit of a coach at a top program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

His own face, unsettled in a way it had not been amid a stampede of karkadanns, turned from her.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell