1.   Many people went on panic shopping sprees and long lines formed at gas stations.

2.   Streets were unusually deserted, people went on last-minute panic shopping sprees and cars queued for gasoline Wednesday as gloom engulfed Serbs awaiting NATO strikes.

3.   The panic buying spree last fortnight was truly an extraordinary sight.

4.   Drug stores in Bombay ran out of antibiotics Saturday as residents went on a panic buying spree.