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The adjective massive lent urgency to the stock-market term sell-off, a noun first reported in 1937 by The Baltimore Sun and still specialized enough to retain its hyphen in most citations.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The adjective massive lent urgency to the stock-market term sell-off, a noun first reported in 1937 by The Baltimore Sun and still specialized enough to retain its hyphen in most citations.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The adjective massive lent urgency to the stock-market term sell-off, a noun first reported in 1937 by The Baltimore Sun and still specialized enough to retain its hyphen in most citations.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The adjective massive lent urgency to the stock-market term sell-off, a noun first reported in 1937 by The Baltimore Sun and still specialized enough to retain its hyphen in most citations.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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"At a time when the oil market has had rallies for several weeks, it's probably a little bit of short-term nervousness of being caught on the wrong side," said Ric Spooner, chief markets analyst at CMC Markets, referring to a sell-off by traders after the Moody's downgrade.
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The sell-off finally began Friday as the unrest in Egypt escalated.
Turmoil In Egypt Fuels Unease Ahead Of Monday Open Kristina Peterson 2011
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Anadarko's shares are back to levels seen before the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as concerns about Anadarko's exposure to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico led to a sell-off.
Anadarko Profit Drops on Lower Derivative Gains John Kell 2011
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CHICAGO—U.S. grain and soybean futures faced a dramatic sell-off fueled by profit-taking and jitters about unrest in North Africa and the Middle East.
U.S. Grains, Soy Sink Tom Polansek 2011
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• The Forestry Commission sell-off goes to a vote in the House of Commons tomorrow; contact your MP now.
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The data sound the latest inflation warning in Asia, where a surge in prices of food, oil and other commodities has stoked price pressures across the region, causing a sharp sell-off in bond markets in Indonesia, the Philippines and elsewhere.
Asian Manufacturing Expands; Inflation Pressures Rise Arran Scott 2011
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