swoon
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And even though levels of leverage in certain corners of the market have ebbed from their peak levels seen shortly before July’s artificial-intelligence swoon, risks remain.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
He didn’t foresee the sudden swoon that damaged his hedge fund this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The besotted “Dive” would make anyone swoon into whatever arms will have them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
There was a collective swoon when news came through on Thursday that McTominay, the totem, had an iffy tummy, but he's good now.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
“She just wants to swoon over Wes Studi!” comes a shout from the audience.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
However, with strong earnings providing fundamental support, those swoons are likely to be the exception rather than the norm.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
For example, it often swoons months before economists predict recessions and then rallies before they give the all-clear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Everybody swoons when they put four and five on weaker teams.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
“Mommy, you are the best cook in the world,” she swoons, kissing up to my wife.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2024
In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they rethought the whole show once America swoons over Cha-Cha the chow chow.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
Those techniques were behind the “DeepSeek shock” in January 2025, when Liang’s company released a powerful but inexpensive new open-source model and U.S. stocks briefly swooned at the unexpected rise of Chinese competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
None of this was good news, but if investors were on board with the long-term prospects of the neocloud, the stock wouldn’t have swooned so hard.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Soon after, he threw out the first pitch in the third game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium and the media swooned over his perfect delivery.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2024
The company’s stock price swooned and the company laid off thousands of workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024
Even as he swooned he caught, as through a swirling mist, a glimpse of Strider leaping out of the darkness with a flaming brand of wood in either hand.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
You haven't seen such swooning since the golden age of the Hollywood diva.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Were this another sport—football, basketball, baseball—they’d be swooning over Alcaraz as an all timer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
When Bowie briefly takes Connelly’s hand for the briefest one-two-three, one-two-three, imagining millions of hearts swooning in concert isn’t hard to do.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
Listen to Blade Bird: The album's swooning climax, based on a Basque poem about the tension between love and possession.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
His girls were playful, wistful, always dancing across the house, jumping from bed to bed, singing with feigned vibrato, swooning.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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