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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In response, advocates for renewables have adopted a Chicken Little posture.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
8 Sep. 2025 -
Imagine how validated Rainbeau must feel, like Chicken Little when the town wakes up to the fact that aliens are actually coming.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even Josephides, the tourism industry doomsayer, thinks recovery is possible.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
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Bruckheimer is not one of the doomsayers foretelling the end of movies.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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“Cassandra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Cassandra. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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