How to Use for a loop in a Sentence

for a loop

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• Of course, something can always happen that surprises us and throws Wall Street for a loop.
  — Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026
• Higher gas prices threw Javier Casillas’ lower-income customers for a loop.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
• Memory is a volatile subsector of technology, exhibiting wild swings in profit margins that can throw customers in tech supply chains for a loop.
  — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,justina Lee,fred Imbert, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
• So, a record heat wave — with temperatures reaching a high of 82 degrees Fahrenheit earlier this week — will naturally throw things for a loop.
  — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 16 July 2026
• The fact Mitchell is only 27 years old really threw me for a loop, having already repeated a few rotations of both appearing on and disappearing from my fantasy radar over the years.
  — John Laghezza, New York Times, 24 July 2026