unchecked
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Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, who identified 20 years ago that climate change could cost the global economy up to 20% of GDP if left unchecked, praised the PM's words.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Whereas Hochman often compared L.A. to crime-plagued “Gotham City,” McKinney acknowledges the city’s more recent struggles are not with violence, but with quality-of-life crimes: unchecked homeless encampments, street racing, animal abuse on Skid Row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Both cases show how too much connectivity left unchecked can foster a lack of cohesion, duty and discipline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems, and so must be pursued very carefully, if at all,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Guards gave these managers, who were always male and tended to be physically imposing, virtually unchecked authority over their fellow prisoners.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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