rampant

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“One of the major problems is upcoding and it’s just rampant fraud throughout the system, as you point out, and we are fixing that now for the first time,” Kennedy said.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

The country has undergone tremendous change in the past decade, as reforms have helped create a burgeoning private sector, loosened ultraconservative social strictures and tackled rampant corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Back then, there was no freedom of speech, human rights abuses were rampant and the rights of women in particular were severely restricted, he recalled.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Haitians first became eligible for TPS in 2010 following a devastating earthquake and the country continues to suffer from severe poverty, rampant violence from heavily armed gangs and chronic political instability.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

And they don’t give you new lungs when you have an antibiotic-resistant bacteria running rampant inside of you.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott