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

The plunge in stocks — by about 30% in less than three weeks — sent their portfolio balances haywire.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

His colleagues had discovered that removing the thymus in mice shortly after birth resulted in their immune systems going haywire and the development of autoimmune diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

“It went haywire just as I was tying it to Errol’s leg to send it to Harry.”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling