panic

The announcement caused a panic in Silicon Valley, but the increase—up from around $5,000—was blocked by an appeals court in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Zika can spread from a birthing parent to their child in the womb and cause congenital disabilities, which notoriously led to panic after an outbreak erupted in Brazil in 2015.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

"Police, fire, ambulance -- we're all taught: 'reassure people, keep them safe, and avoid panic, and you know, take charge'," Mullins said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

"I had a panic attack and broke down. I hadn't been able to - I didn't have the ability to - process that," Alex says.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

She pulls my door closed and a feeling of panic rises in me again.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

She panics briefly, then gathers herself and finds her confidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Along the way he helped prevent various financial panics from becoming more serious—most notably, the stock market plunge of 22.6% on a single day in October 1987 that became known as Black Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, the federal government stepped in repeatedly during banking panics to stabilize the system.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

Among the many tedious features of market panics is the well-known cognitive error of catastrophizing.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

To Steve Eisman at FrontPoint Partners, the market seemed mainly stupid or delusional: A financial culture that had experienced so many tiny panics followed by robust booms saw any sell-off as merely another buying opportunity.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

When my father, a journalist, read the comments, he panicked.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

In Orange County, an email landed in attorney Sabrina Rivera’s inbox in April, from a Colorado man panicked about the status of his immigration case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

When she learned she was pregnant, “I panicked at the thought of spending 18 years in family court,” Ms. Barrett testified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

"The office swayed violently side-to-side. I was afraid it would collapse. Everyone panicked," Hara said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Straight on the panicked horse galloped, past the milestone lodged in the earth at the roadside, heedless of the letters graven in the stone: “Redwall Abbey, fifteen miles.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

“Markets stop panicking when policymakers stop panicking,” Lee said, quoting billionaire hedge-fund manager David Tepper.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

His friend Scarlett was the one who enthusiastically pushed Nasa’s hand up when Hurwitz, panicking, asked if anyone in the audience was an “amazing sight reader.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

“There was a salt era, where people were panicking about sodium content,” Lev Sercarz said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

"The government reports make it sound absolutely terrifying, panicking everyone, right?" said another breakfast shop owner in Keelung surnamed Li, upset at the loss of business from the storm.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

A flicker crossed the corner of his vision, and his right hand darted up at once, and he found he was clutching a robin, a dæmon, red-breasted, panicking.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman