tantrum
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The Magnificent Seven on Thursday suffered their biggest one-day drop since the tariff tantrum in April 2025, with an index of the group shedding almost $800 billion in market value.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Casting Luddites as anti-technology has mired a historical labor uprising as a destructive tantrum thrown by fearful, hidebound cranks.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
This rip-roaring AI-powered bull market has already overcome a handful of potentially existential challenges, from the 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank to last year’s tariff tantrum.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
She said that, while they were alone, she tried to speak to him about "bringing everything up" with the onscreen experts but he "threw a temper tantrum and threatened to leave".
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
When he heard this, Mike Teavee flew into a terrible tantrum.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
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And the real pain comes when you think back to the times when the whole parenting thing seemed too much: the sleepless nights, the tears, the teenage tantrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Though sometimes moody and no stranger to tantrums, Tilson Thomas once stormed off the Hollywood Bowl stage to protest noise from a police helicopter — and won applause for the stunt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Take the common problem of tantrums over bedtime.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
The dragons are so nasty they make those in “Game of Thrones” look like toddlers having tantrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Of course, I’d kicked up enough tantrums to end the fishing trips by the time I was eleven.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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