reckless
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Last fall, valuations bubbled among the “Magnificent Seven” stocks and others at the center of the AI trade, with little regard to the consequences of such reckless spending or the uncertain path to monetization.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
A panel of medical experts, asked by prosecutors to investigate Maradona's medical team, said the treatment he received at his home was "deficient and reckless".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
It is designed to weed out the insecure and trigger-happy, the reckless hotheads with something to prove.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
“They weren’t reckless enough with their characters,” McCrary said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Even if poor, the men were decent, worthy of respect, accomplished in the manly arts of riding and pistol shooting, but not reckless with either animals or firearms.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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