reckless

Example Sentences

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Allegations of reckless conduct in the suit largely hinge on a recently released California Highway Patrol report on the crash, which analyzed the crash site and vehicles in detail.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Surely, I thought, there must be something to the Atlantic’s piece that made it less reckless than it sounded.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

The “ignominy” of missing action, we are told, remained a “badge of shame” that festered for the rest of his life, “driving him to seek reckless vindication” in confrontations with other men of his class.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“Mass domestic surveillance and autonomous lethal weapons systems are the equivalently reckless domain for today’s frontier models.”

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

As he came up alongside the reckless driver, a hand was thrust out of a passenger window flashing a police badge and ID.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield