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Structurally, the film is all choppy shock scenes, like the program itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Navatek was not a profit center but a vehicle for Loui’s passion projects, like an experimental catamaran for navigating Hawaii’s choppy waters.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures ended a choppy session little changed with some support from a below-average weekly storage build that trimmed the inventory surplus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

This all unfolds next to four or so men casting their fishing rods into the increasingly choppy waters.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

With a direction to aim for, the engine man hunkers down and grips the controls, motoring our little dinghy through choppy water.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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

Their Spanish was choppier than my school version but I understood.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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