rattle
Example Sentences
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The potential for disruption across industries has rattled markets in recent weeks, but economists and others are divided in their forecasts about AI’s effect on productivity and profits.
The attacks came with the ambitious aim of bringing down the Tehran regime, a goal that promises heavy use of force and that has rattled Gulf allies.
Markets were rattled by the prospect of a surge in specialty war-risk claims, potential damage to regional energy infrastructure and disruptions to global supply chains.
But the strike clearly rattled the energy market, as prices for oil and diesel fuel surged on those headlines.
From MarketWatch
Try explaining that to a coach who has rattled off 29 victories with exactly zero losses.
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