Example Sentences

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Investors are panicking that advances in AI will disrupt nearly all software and information services businesses.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Perhaps the biggest danger of this trend is that people are panicking about their cortisol for no reason.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

Kevin Kaiser, an adjunct professor of finance at the Wharton School, said such investors can profit by buying at steep discounts when markets are panicking.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2024

"My only conclusion is they are idiots or are panicking," says Mr McTernan.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

And now Stalin’s army is closing in and people are panicking.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys