run wild
Example Sentences
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The fortified vault in Kentucky is closed to the public, allowing imaginations to run wild with conspiracies and myths: that the gold is gone or fake, or the vault contains alien objects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
During the design phase, you have to let your imagination run wild, says Mr Sinclair-Harris.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
Speculation has already begun to run wild on social media, but we still know very little about the situation.
From Slate • Jul. 13, 2024
As speculations began to run wild and the nation started to panic, both the administration and professional journalists set the record straight.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
There he let his eccentric tastes run wild.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
