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
  • Some experts — ones that some in the real estate industry liken to Chicken Little — worry the spiraling impacts could mirror the 2008 real estate crash, with property values plunging along with the tax revenues that make local governments run.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
  • But that fable is brief, so this Chicken Little turns the story on its head.
    Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 24 July 2024
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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
  • That’s not my prediction, but the chorus of doomsayers is growing louder.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Cassandra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Cassandra. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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