bank run

Cultural  

1. The concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they fear that the bank will fail.

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Example Sentences

Now investors wonder if the bank run is over.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Earlier this month, a state-chartered bank run by crypto exchange Kraken became the first crypto firm to win access to the Fed’s payment system, raising an outcry from banking groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

SVB succumbed due to a bank run, as investors with uninsured deposits pulled their money after the bank warned that it had committed too much of its capital to long-dated Treasury bonds.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025

The top U.S. banking regulator has called for new liquidity rules to ensure that smaller banks can withstand the type of bank run that sank Silicon Valley Bank.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

“I have an idea it was in with some other old stuff Effie Wilcox threw away when the bank run her out of town.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck