as in Chicken Little
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity
more than one Cassandra on Wall Street had warned that the market was overdue for a major correction
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Noun
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For the travel and hospitality industry, many are wondering what summer 2025 will look like. Don’t be a Chicken Little.—
Adam Deflorian,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025 -
Only Chicken Little would unduly worry about such an environmental change possibility some 75 years down the pike.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Plus, the doomsayers are missing critical details set to kick gold higher.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The typical doomsayers came out in force to predict some new apocalypse, but several less frightening factors seemed to be at play.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Cassandra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Cassandra. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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