haywire
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"The place where the chats went haywire was exactly when Gemini was upgraded to have persistent memory" and more sophisticated dialogues, Jay Edelson, the lead lawyer for the case, told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
I had heard a bit about this rehearsal process, and the part of my mind that needs to understand was just haywire during those first few days.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
When an agency goes haywire, voters will at least know who to blame.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
The plunge in stocks — by about 30% in less than three weeks — sent their portfolio balances haywire.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025
In movies, terrible haywire things always happen on people’s last night places.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
Vocabulary lists containing haywire
The Lost Hero
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