choppy
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Wildlife experts responding to the tour’s report set out on boats to try to remove the net, but were stymied by choppy waters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 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
Higher U.S. tariffs and a choppy transition to electric vehicles have also posed hurdles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
This all unfolds next to four or so men casting their fishing rods into the increasingly choppy waters.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Some walked down to the edge of the waves, trying to skip rocks across the choppy surface.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
“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
But in recent weeks, that rotation has been choppier, with small daily moves in the indexes painting over sharper undulations underneath the hood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 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
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