rampage
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Noriko, you may remember, miraculously survived Godzilla’s rampage through Tokyo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Protesters in Paris have also been pictured on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph, captioned: "Rioters on the rampage across France."
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Since the Thursday rampage, Sherry Lauer, 56, has been watching her five-year-old granddaughter for signs of how she is processing the tragedy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Bridges is another key to New York’s playoff rampage, a stopper on defense who’s suddenly reborn offensively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
But for every minute my BlackBerry lay dormant in my lap, I felt the walls starting to breach, the doubts beginning to rampage.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The narrative backdrop is that after 32 years of who-coulda-thunk-it rampages, humankind is tired of dealing with the darned things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
Eggs: So, that whole thing about the U.S. trying to import more eggs as bird flu rampages across American livestock centers?
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2025
American audiences of the ‘60s, ’70s and ‘80s were amply exposed to other Japanese entertainment, mainly giant monster rampages epitomized by the 1954 movie “Godzilla” and its resulting sequels.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024
When the monster arrives, its rampages across Tokyo evoke the Allied fire bombings of the war, including the 1945 nuclear strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
Even his gleaning rampages were not forbidden by anything but custom and tradition.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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But in recent years, the screwworms have rampaged back north.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Since then, Nigeria has allowed hundreds of American troops to be posted to the country to train Nigerian forces and coordinate targeting of militant groups that have rampaged through the Lake Chad Basin for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Meryl Streep took matters into her own hands — literally — as wildfires rampaged across Los Angeles County earlier this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
For 40 minutes, he rampaged in a manner that would have been signed off by great Welsh number eights such as Mervyn Davies, Scott Quinnell and Taulupe Faletau.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024
Cholera rampaged through big cities and small towns.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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A Saxon farmer cocks his head as the rampaging Normans approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The last time the videogame about rampaging undead was adapted, in 2021, the box office haul was paltry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Herds of rampaging wildebeest have looked less awe-inspiring as these fans have for weeks.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The animals were seen entering homes, roaming near schools and rampaging through supermarkets and hot spring resorts on an almost daily basis.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
She pointed at the elaborate illustration of a man holding a golden harp, facing down a rampaging giant.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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