haywire

Example Sentences

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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

Both teams were more stable in the second half, with far fewer chances in comparison to the haywire first period.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

The pair created their first last year in “Limos,” a limited-run production themed around a tarot reading that goes haywire.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Their immune systems had failed or gone haywire.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston