panic attack
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"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
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
Shear says he first began his original screenplay with an image of a young man having a panic attack in the self-help section of a bookshop and grew the script from there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
He was so freaked out by the pain that he had a panic attack.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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