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Every so often, the E.R. is visited by rats, little symbols of disrepair and instigators of slapstick freak-outs.—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Enter another Jamie freak-out, which seems to come out of nowhere.—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025 No one is really disputing it, but the market freak-out hinges on the truthfulness of a single and relatively unknown company.—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025 The situation at the heart of the movie goes from bad to worse along a linear trajectory, but the horror freak-out promised by its eeriest moments never really bothers to materialize.—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025 There's not the same freak-out about immigration in Canada.—Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016 But the Democratic freak-out commenced soon after Biden came to the stage.—Jared Gans, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025 Enter another Jamie freak-out, which seems to come out of nowhere.—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025 No one is really disputing it, but the market freak-out hinges on the truthfulness of a single and relatively unknown company.—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
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