abrupt change
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April 2025 was an example of when systematic strategies were whipsawed by an abrupt change of direction for risk assets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The burst of personal communication—which also includes a recent one-hour-and 41-minute appearance on a podcast about his life—marks an abrupt change of tone for Arnault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
It isn’t so much the earnings, but excitement about the airline’s guidance for 2026 that is behind the analysts’ abrupt change of heart.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
An abrupt change in the forecast means Los Angeles County now faces a chance of thunderstorms, strong winds that could topple treesand heavy rain that could bring flash flooding and mudslides in recently burned areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025
All the preceding night and day, I had been in a sort of daze, brought on by the abrupt change in my circumstances.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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