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But the real bugaboos in fixed income are volatility, stubborn inflation, and higher interest rates.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

But they really seem sincere about their bugaboos.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

And there's an intelligence in that rendering, as if she admirably recognizes that she doesn't want her kids to inherit her bugaboos.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2023

Zach LaVine dunked on Argentina’s Juan Pablo Vaulet in the fourth quarter to seal a thorough victory in which the Americans addressed many of their top bugaboos.

From Washington Post Jul. 13, 2021

Her crazed imagination peopled the forest with weird uncanny things, and fearful tales she told of fays and bugaboos, of spectres and awful voices speaking from out the dank stillness of twilight hollows.

From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Johnston, Mary

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