white knuckle
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“This step up in tensions has created a white knuckle moment for the markets with tech stocks under major pressure,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives wrote to clients on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
Simon Ursell, its managing director, admits the first month of the trial was "a bit white knuckle".
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023
“I’m just really, really sort of trying to white knuckle the present,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
“You basically white knuckle it and go through it in hopes that your affected family members haven’t given up on you,” Hill says.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2019
Most excited about: LVG Part II. The Manchester United manager enjoyed a white knuckle ride in his first season at the club, often flirting with disaster only to somehow emerge with the results.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2015
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