swoon
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The swoon in stocks highlighted the close linkages between the economy, markets and a relatively small group of technology highfliers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Under cross-examination by Brand's barrister, Ian Winter KC, it was put to Dobson that in his witness statement he said that Russell Brand was one of few men he knew that women would swoon over.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Some spot Franklin and Nigel and smile and swoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
And even though levels of leverage in certain corners of the market have ebbed from their peak levels seen shortly before July’s artificial-intelligence swoon, risks remain.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
And Bobo would show these monstrous teeth that looked like dentures when they don’t quite fit, and the beast would grunt and swoon and move its head from side to side.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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However, with strong earnings providing fundamental support, those swoons are likely to be the exception rather than the norm.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
The dreaded Hindenburg Omen, a technical indicator that has preceded stock market swoons, flashed several times in January and February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Everybody swoons when they put four and five on weaker teams.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
“Mommy, you are the best cook in the world,” she swoons, kissing up to my wife.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2024
Fortunately the man swoons and Kropp is able to help us.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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Within about 10 days the S&P 500 had shed nearly 14% as stocks swooned following the “Liberation Day” tariff announcement at the start of April.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Spartacus: Blood and Sand” arrived smack in the middle of the most prestigious stretch of television’s modern Golden Age, when audiences swooned over “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men.”
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
None of this was good news, but if investors were on board with the long-term prospects of the neocloud, the stock wouldn’t have swooned so hard.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Stocks swooned into the red, later clawing back some of that ground to finish the trading session mixed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Cecily pressed her hands to her heart and swooned.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Over five books, it grows into a sprawling story of war, power and morally ambiguous immortals, in a formula that leaves its audience of mostly young women swooning.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
While we were swooning over “WandaVision” back in 2021, we couldn’t have known Marvel was softening us up for the AI revolution.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
It didn’t hurt that Smith gave the performance of a lifetime, putting her heart and soul into the melodramatic contradictions of the character, antagonizing Arnold one second and swooning over him the next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
You haven't seen such swooning since the golden age of the Hollywood diva.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
She opened her arms for Lefty, who twisted around, chafing his knees and elbows, dislodging oars, nearly setting off a flare, until finally he fell into her softness, swooning.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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