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 The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 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
El Perico immediately threw a tantrum and began shrieking, louder than ever.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
Krissy West, a school physical therapist and mother from New Hampshire, started advocating for more recess last year, after seeing her daughter Daisy get overwhelmed, sometimes resulting in tantrums after school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Its reality format allows for perfect projection and escapism: no coordinating specialists and home care agencies, certainly no paternal tantrums.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 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
Their kids sure had tantrums, but they were still little and Alex could only hope they’d outgrow them.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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