“What sounded like a stampede of wild rhinoceroses roused her from her sleep.”

“It is the kind of appeal that bypasses proper evaluation and assessment, and stampedes the decision-making process.”

“Even the whisper of new equity or debt offerings provokes warnings of downgrades from rating agencies and investor stampedes.”

“I screech, and Aryan, who was napping at the foot of my bed, bolts up, yowls unhappily at me, and stampedes down the hall.”