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panic attack

NOUN
anxiety attack
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On the main stage, May Habib, chief executive of an AI platform called Writer, told the audience that Fortune 500 bosses are having a "collective panic attack" on the subject.

From Barron's Apr. 12, 2026

Shear, with a resting face that seems halfway to panic attack, plays Sam, whose free-floating anxiety is enough to make him faint in public after getting laid off.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

Irish filmmaker John Kelly, who specializes in animation, had a panic attack on an airplane while going through endless flagged emails.

From MarketWatch Mar. 13, 2026

Equities fell again on the bad news, but none of this is a cause for a panic attack.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Maybe he’s going to figure out I don’t know anything about independence because I can’t go anywhere new without having a panic attack.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman



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