stampede
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The wave of redemptions at private-credit funds is starting to resemble a stampede.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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
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
The stampede to move to AI to offset tariff costs has put significant upward pressure on the costs for equipment, software and construction of hyperscale data centers.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
I could feel the trailer sway from side to side, as if a stampede of rhinos marched down the narrow aisle.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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