amok
Example Sentences
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Rival owners and GMs are happy to let L.A. be a symbol of a game gone amok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Gossip about the celebrity guest list has run amok.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The 30-something added that there was "absolutely no sense" in the idea of AGI running amok.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
She’s an aesthete run amok, determined to deface anything that doesn’t live up to her impossible standards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Burr embodied Hamilton’s daring and energy run amok in a political culture still groping for its stable shape.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing amok
Stargirl
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The Joy Luck Club
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