spook
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Read: The rising cost of capital for companies today is starting to spook the stock market: ‘The worry is the spending might not pay off’
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
In his own moment of terror, Gunn acted like a man jumping out of a cupboard trying to spook somebody.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
They would also have to gain comfort that a restructuring wouldn’t spook MBS investors, many of whom have warned against ending the conservatorship and said such a move would force mortgage rates higher.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Headlines about collisions with pedestrians and near misses continue to spook consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
I don’t think she ever intended to hit us earlier, only spook us.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Investors expect the bank to raise its key interest rate next month, even as the economy is set to weaken as the conflict spooks investment and household spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The correlation will break when an event spooks markets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Success after success followed - and cells of plotters were also increasingly infiltrated by spooks finding secret ways to capture chats about plans.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
If books are an answer to dictatorships — and as strong as “an organization packed with spooks and paramilitaries who fought in warzones” — it would be inspiring to see more of that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
It spooks me on account of my dream.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
The analysts wrote in a note on Thursday that Applied Materials also faced gross-margin pressure in the near term because of its boost in capital expenditures, a factor that may have also spooked traders.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
But shares in the company tumbled on the back of the earnings report, with investors generally spooked by the huge amounts of money being spent on AI.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The incident has spooked consumers and policymakers alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Advances in cheaper, open-source Chinese models spooked traders and called into question where the value lies in the AI supply chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The helmet hit Sigurd’s horse on the flank, and the charger whinnied, spooked.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
The overnight strikes killed one sailor from India and injured several other crew members, spooking captains and shipping executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Markets expect them to keep rates steady at this meeting, but are now pricing in rate hikes for later in the year, spooking equity investors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The enthusiasm surrounding perpetuals and their arrival in the U.S. appears to be spooking shareholders of established derivatives exchanges.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
The specific issues spooking investors looked to be potential competition in Google’s custom-chip supply chain and margin dilution.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
“Just a bit. It stands to reason that he’s probably a bit prone to spooking on that side too, but I haven’t seen him do it.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
