unchecked

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Both cast debt as a bogeyman turning capitalism into an extraction device that, left unchecked or unwisely channeled, can take everything from any of us.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

Yet they acknowledge the role of such gardens as “sites of resistance to unchecked development,” rather than as barriers to much-needed new housing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But Potter, who struggled with unchecked mental illness, depicted himself as an antihero outsider with a spiritual connection to the ravens of Yosemite, and could also be juvenile, selfish and oblivious.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

These molecules may play a key role in helping tumors avoid detection by the immune system, effectively allowing the cancer to grow unchecked.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Unless they could cool the mass of corium, the chain reaction would continue unchecked, growing hotter and hotter until the corium ate through the concrete of the secondary containment.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland