swoon
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A pair of announcements about AI and quantum computing in May helped IBM shares not only recover from their February swoon, but reach new heights in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The besotted “Dive” would make anyone swoon into whatever arms will have them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But investors may have found a way through the swoon that gripped stocks earlier this month.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 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
I couldn’t find either one of the twins but did catch sight of Ruth May fixing to executrate her second swoon of the day.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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
Meanwhile, Craig swoons over Austin, a local weatherman whose hang-out ideas — mushroom harvesting, urban spelunking, starting a punk rock garage band — give Craig genuine joy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
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
“Spartacus: Blood and Sand” arrived smack in the middle of the most prestigious stretch of television’s modern Golden Age, when audiences swooned over “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men.”
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
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
The company’s shares have swooned since the Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
Jason then joked that maybe he should leave, and give them some privacy, as Swift swooned.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
The girls swooned as Petra swept Sinjin up into her arms.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
If you can’t remember what it was like to try to tiptoe while swooning, your heart barely able to stay in your chest, you were never a teenager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The boxing world is swooning over Moses Itauma.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
By Monday morning, with global markets swooning, he said the Iranians were engaging in "constructive" talks with the US.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 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
She had one hand clutched to her shoulder, holding the swooning dæmon in place.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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