bear raid
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On Saturday, June 14, 1930 they warned him, said Witness Parish, that if he did not sell out they would start a bear raid on Missouri-Kansas stock the following Monday.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dumping 500,000 shares of Standard Oil on the market last week would have constituted a major bear raid; its private sale disturbed quotations hardly at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a declining market braced briefly, the investigators believed they had averted a billion-dollar bear raid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Senator Hanway and Mr. Harley, being veterans of the tape, were not ignorant of the hopeless state into which the failure of that "bear" raid on Northern Consolidated had plunged them.
From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry
Mr. Bayard arranged for that fall of eleven points; the "bear" raid must seem to have effect to encourage the pool.
From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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