Example Sentences

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But the very act of Strategy selling seems to have spooked crypto investors.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

She suspects the steady flow of visitors may have spooked the bugs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Now warnings from private artificial-intelligence labs Anthropic and OpenAI have spooked some investors, leading them to worry the funds might not own stakes in those startups after all.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

However, they have spooked global markets, which have fallen sharply over the past month.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

I must have spooked him, because he ignored me for the rest of class, only glancing at me from the corner of his eye like everyone else was.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely