as in Cassandra
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity
some called him Chicken Little, but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming
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Recent Examples of Chicken Little
But that fable is brief, so this Chicken Little turns the story on its head.
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Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 24 July 2024
Chick is a family nickname for Chiles after the character Chicken Little.
—Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
Among his critics, Dr. Wolfe acquired a reputation as a regulatory Chicken Little in his early campaigns against Alka-Seltzer, cough syrup, contact lenses, food additives, toothpaste and entire professions (dentistry, psychiatry).
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
But some Republicans dismiss these concerns as Biden administration overreach, a kind of political Chicken Little interpretation of a government shutdown.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2023
By mid-March, many businesses were closing, people were being laid off or furloughed, and Chicken Little was right: The sky was falling.
—Peter Sachs, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
While the notion of things falling from the sky might give Chicken Little pause, falling space debris does not usually present a threat to humans.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2020
In the most Chicken Little scenario, travel agents, tour guides, hotel concierges, and writers like myself could be out of work in five years (or less).
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2023
The boys and girls and men and women who compete in this delightful summer beach festival are not wringing their hands because Chicken Little was right.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2022
Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 24 July 2024
Chick is a family nickname for Chiles after the character Chicken Little.
—Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
Among his critics, Dr. Wolfe acquired a reputation as a regulatory Chicken Little in his early campaigns against Alka-Seltzer, cough syrup, contact lenses, food additives, toothpaste and entire professions (dentistry, psychiatry).
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
But some Republicans dismiss these concerns as Biden administration overreach, a kind of political Chicken Little interpretation of a government shutdown.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2023
By mid-March, many businesses were closing, people were being laid off or furloughed, and Chicken Little was right: The sky was falling.
—Peter Sachs, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
While the notion of things falling from the sky might give Chicken Little pause, falling space debris does not usually present a threat to humans.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2020
In the most Chicken Little scenario, travel agents, tour guides, hotel concierges, and writers like myself could be out of work in five years (or less).
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2023
The boys and girls and men and women who compete in this delightful summer beach festival are not wringing their hands because Chicken Little was right.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2022
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