adage

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Penn Mutual Managing Director Scott Ellis says that policymakers remain “at the top of our watch list…the old adage that ‘markets stop panicking when policymakers start to’ still seems to resonate.”

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Eisenhower's adage on thinking ahead came in a speech in 1957.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The photo will stand as the manifestation of the old newspaper adage that if your mom tells you she loves you, go check it out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The now somewhat dated adage still stands: if you’re not paying for it, you’re not a customer, you’re the product.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Another Otsuchi resident, Yukari Kurosawa, was told a simpler adage when she was young: “If a big earthquake hits and the ocean draws back, run!”

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland