Sentences with phrase «whiplash effect»
The "whiplash effect" refers to a sudden and extreme change in a situation or condition, just like whiplash makes your neck move suddenly and forcefully. It can describe a rapid shift or a strong reaction that catches people off guard. Full definition
Journalism, by focusing so often on today's «front - page thought,» ends up producing what I've described as a kind of whiplash effect, whether the subject is coffee and cancer or CO2 and climate.
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Initial tensions as a result are jarring, and the big showdown in the hotel room that takes up much of the film's final half hour has a severe whiplash effect.
Recent changes in the remote work environment may be causing something of a whiplash effect for companies transitioning to remote work.
Many times we see a snow sport athlete take a hit to the head or body that creates a whiplash effect, and don't think much of it until we learn they indeed have been severely injured.
But the mean - reverting value premium has had a whiplash effect on the average value investor, whose philosophical commitment to value investing is belied by trend - chasing allocations.
There is only a whiplash effect because the media overplayed the irresponsible disaster scenarios that were put forth and hyped by the likes of Al Gore and his ilk.
Keep in mind the whiplash effect.
Headline writing also contributes to the whiplash effect: I cringe when I see «Scientists say.»
This is reflected journalistically in the whiplash effect described by Revkin.
We already have airbags, but these do not activate if the car is stationary and if it is hit from the rear (the only direction a whiplash effect occurs).