Example Sentences

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Investors have panicked in part because warnings from Zions and Western Alliance are a reminder of the 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

“In the past sometimes we have panicked with the pairings and switched everything up, and it hasn’t worked out,” Bradley said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

He later claimed to have "panicked", a Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

With the Italian fans cheering and chanting, she could have panicked.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024

Like her I would have panicked, like her I would not have told Josef, like her I would not have known where to go.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood