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A bear market takes its name from the way a bear attacks, swiping its paws downward, an apt image for falling prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Perhaps a more apt quote comes from T.S Eliot: In my beginning is my end.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Mr. Wright suggests this is less a “crisis” or a “collapse” than a “prolonged decay,” which is apt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

As England's players stood stark, separate and slumped - and Italy celebrated a first-ever win in the fixture - talk of a crisis, perhaps premature before, felt entirely apt.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Washington’s successor would inherit “a devilish load...and be very apt to stagger and stumble.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis