Shocks in example sentence

The resulting complacency, among policymakers and economists alike, contributed to the world economy becoming more vulnerable to a series of small shocks that, in 2008, culminated in a crisis that pushed the world to the brink of a devastating multi-year economic depression.

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And they gave them a series of painful electric shocks.

So it was a series of five painful shocks.

Half of them are told that they're being given the shocks by somebody in another room, but the person in the other room doesn't know they're giving them shocks.

So if you have an animal in a cage, it might be candy and electric shocks.

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