tantrum

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The joint amicus brief called the department labelling Anthropic a risk "a potentially ruinous sanction" for businesses and little more than a "temper tantrum".

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The VIX is in the middle of its largest four-day pickup since the April 2025 tariff tantrum, per Dow Jones Market Data.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Stocks have shaken off a bout of weakness that culminated with the April tariff tantrum to charge higher in 2025, with the S&P 500 on track to tally a third straight year of double-digit gains.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

It looked like a late-night office tantrum by an architect sick and tired of fitting parking spaces into garages, and in a sense it was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Did he ever push me on a swing in the park or talk me through a tantrum?

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson