underestimate
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“Never underestimate stock traders’ willingness to step into any breach in tech stocks’ upward momentum,” wrote Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
Don’t underestimate healthcare costs if your husband decides to join you in retirement and you don’t have the benefit — or luxury — of his workplace healthcare plan, assuming he has one.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
But I would not underestimate Siebel Newsom, who showed her strength when she testified against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, laying out publicly a private, painful tale.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
We also shouldn’t underestimate the potential for social and economic chaos if the regime falls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“I underestimate him? Are you serious? He underestimates me.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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