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The men, who were described in court as "smirking" killers, ran amok at the music video shoot and fatally stabbed Klevi and Leo and severely injured Abdullah Abdullahi, 28, for an "adrenaline rush".

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Their defending has been such an abomination that Celtic, with no dependable striker but with a point to prove, could potentially run amok.

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This, I realized while standing there, was public policy in action, MAGA’s culture of cruelty and gangster capitalism run amok on the street level.

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That and Curry exiting the stage when the Lions were threatening to run amok and trouble the record books.

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Newsom did a good job channeling those emotions and articulating the dangers of an imprudent president run amok.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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