unchecked

Example Sentences

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But that one-time financial boost will fade, signaling more trouble could be brewing if inflation, already near 4%, keeps rising unchecked.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Reporter Jon Emont traveled to an area off the southeast coast of Malaysia where ships in the so-called shadow fleet move through largely unchecked.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The prince said he had felt the need to speak out because saying nothing allows "hate and extremism to flourish unchecked".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

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

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