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haywire

[hey-wahyuhr] / ˈheɪˌwaɪər /


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Both those companies posted eye-watering profit jumps this week, while their share prices have gone haywire, with SK hynix skyrocketing 30 percent on Friday.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

"We noticed our fan would go haywire at 5 Shaft. Some areas would show reduced or even reversed airflow during large rain events," Connot said.

From Science Daily Jul. 6, 2026

Investors’ options bets on price swings have surged in recent days to their highest levels in years, according to Cboe Global Markets data, far surpassing when markets went haywire after Russia’s full-on invasion of Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

"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

They seemed to be going haywire, colliding with one another like excited atoms.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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