panicked
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In the railway age, a productivity boom and an investment bubble led to falling prices—and panicked bankers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
"There were some sailors from South India who were crying and making panicked calls home. I told them to stop calling and helped bring them up on to the deck."
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Judging from a slew of panicked social media posts and endless versions of the same explainers on “how worried should you be?” there is a genuine fear that we could be in for another pandemic.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
“This one indicator would say, don’t get too panicked, but definitely expect a little less,” she said.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
I had loved my phone, as much as anyone could love an inanimate object, and I’d had a panicked thought that maybe I wouldn’t get strange texts with a new phone.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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