amok

Example Sentences

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The Arabic-language service appears to have run entirely amok.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

But concerns about a possible AI bubble are running amok, as stretched valuations within the technology sector draw an increasing amount of scrutiny.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

That and Curry exiting the stage when the Lions were threatening to run amok and trouble the record books.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

But that would shortchange “Severance,” which takes another run at a corporate world run amok, detailing it in ways that are far more unsettling than anything in the latest season of “Squid Game.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

Burr embodied Hamilton’s daring and energy run amok in a political culture still groping for its stable shape.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis