tantrum
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The rebound from the March selloff has been strong — but stock-market breadth hasn’t been quite as propulsive as what investors witnessed coming out of the April 2025 tariff tantrum.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
It’s the same feeling that a petulant toddler has when throwing a tantrum toward its parents.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
"All of a sudden it was like Poseidon is having a temper tantrum here with these waves just crashing huge," she added.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 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
I led little Flora down a stone path toward an open area to play, though her stomping made it clear she was still in the throes of a tantrum.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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