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In the fiscal first quarter, delivered sales were up 10% in the retail segment, but that was more than offset by a decline in wholesale delivered sales, which suffered from choppy order patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Footage of the rescue shows one of the boys sat on the top of the front of the jet ski while the rest of the vehicle is submerged beneath choppy waves.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Car sales are choppy from month to month, but sales have been surprisingly healthy so far this year.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The overloaded government ferry -- a vital link for villagers and fish traders around the vast lake -- overturned in choppy waters on Tuesday in one of the country's worst passenger boat disasters.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

To our right the choppy waters of the Artibonite rushed away, and to our left were a few small vessels plying the placid blue waters.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

For corporate issuers, we expect primary markets to be a bit choppier in the remaining months of the year as we see a step up in rates volatility, which is likely to weigh on spreads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Bottom line, I like treating this weakness as an opportunity rather than a warning, with my expectation being for a push back to new highs before a choppier period materializes into September,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

The market action around the AI trade—plays on the global AI investment boom—got even choppier this past week.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

The water’s likely to get much choppier in the afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

The water was choppier in close, and twice he struck a stone ridge just beneath the surface, the second time so hard he was afraid it might bash in the boards.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Beware of the Halloween dip, says Citadel Securities’ Scott Rubner, whose chart shows we’re in one of the choppiest months for stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025

It's been one of choppiest offseasons in recent memory, so maybe that light at the end of winter's tunnel isn't burning so bright this year.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 2, 2020

Ken Livingstone sailed straight for the choppiest waters.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 27, 2016

Last September, the VIX hovered around levels nearly double its average, after a downgrade to the credit rating of the U.S. touched off some of the choppiest markets in years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2012

The choppiest schedule belongs to the 49ers: three 1 p.m. starts, one at 4:05, seven at 4:15, three at 8:20, two at 8:30, with appearances on all five N.F.L. networks.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2012