doozy
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Investors are bracing for what could be a doozy of a trading session.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
"A capstone is intended to challenge students to integrate skills, function as an effective team and demonstrate their ability to solve real problems. And this problem was a doozy."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
As upswings go, this one has been a doozy.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
And the story of Wings is a doozy, to put it mildly.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
“Can you imagine? What a doozy that would be.”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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To be fair, 2025 produced plenty of IPO doozies that investors would be wise to avoid until they demonstrate real technical fortitude.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
And to make matters worse, The NY Times got a look at some of Chesebro's emails and they are doozies.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2023
You’ve got to try a couple because you’re going to get some doozies.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
No matter the attack against him — and there were some doozies — he dispensed with them quickly.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2020
But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some doozies along the way.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 30, 2020
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