turbulence
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The fate of a specific cluster of rare-disease companies remains uncertain, as they had the misfortune to seek drug approvals during the past year’s turbulence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Sharp moves higher for the VIX can signal that investors expect turbulence in stocks over the next 30 days.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The big difference this quarter is that "BP, Shell and Total benefited from both the higher prices and the turbulence itself," Stephen Innes, analyst with SPI Asset Management, told AFP.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
I woke up to turbulence and became the steady pilot.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
But what they hadn’t known and discovered with the help of my analysis was that the forces associated with wake turbulence can be so great that they can somersault a plane out of the sky.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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