stampede

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And since losses from some of those shorts could be unlimited, the covering of those positions could trigger a stampede of buying, a circumstance known on Wall Street as a short squeeze.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Private-credit managers are facing an ongoing reckoning as individual investors stampede out of private-credit funds, worried about a downturn in software, a number of high-profile defaults and restrictions accessing their money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Will Bitcoin’s losses start a stampede for the exits in these funds?

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

But as the Argentine rappers, decked out in Versace, plowed through their catchiest hits like “Dumbai” and “Sheesh,” a dancing stampede made its way over.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

Suddenly, like the stampede in that world of happy unawareness, came the news of Gaston's return.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez