run amok
Example Sentences
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The poster child for vendor financing run amok was Lucent Technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 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
In the highly stylized universe of Hollywood noir, glamour and mental illness walk hand-in-hand; entitlement and privilege run amok.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
On Bourbon Street, consumerism and short-term gratification run amok: barkers hawk neon drinks, discarded plastic crunches underfoot, pounding drumbeats and flashing lights override rational thought.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025
I feel as if I were in the United Nations and the translators had run amok.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
