knee jerk
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“The knee jerk is likely disappointment, given the lack of acceleration in both billed business and revenue growth,” Foran said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Investors do not want to see this and the negative knee jerk reaction is being seen,” Ives said of Alphabet stock’s drop.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
"Everyone recognizes there is a growing antibiotic resistance crisis, and the knee jerk reaction is to develop new antibiotics," You added.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
But a former cabinet minister - strongly opposed to withdrawal - described the idea as "knee jerk nonsense".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2023
The loss of the knee jerk is always observed in time.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, seems wary of such knee-jerk rebounds, and argues that a shift in attitudes toward option trading may help explain them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
A knee-jerk reaction to an underwhelming report could trigger a substantial slide.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Defence Secretary John Healey said he believed the prime minister could "still turn this around" while Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned against a "knee-jerk reaction" to the results.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Oddly enough, “The Drama” was already resisting knee-jerk reactions before it was even properly released.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
He’d have thought that knee-jerk skepticism would have been knuckled under by the sight of the enormous floating seraph in the sky.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
