haywire
Example Sentences
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The plunge in stocks — by about 30% in less than three weeks — sent their portfolio balances haywire.
From MarketWatch
Both teams were more stable in the second half, with far fewer chances in comparison to the haywire first period.
From Barron's
But the women she’s asked are all in varying degrees of troubled transition, including but not limited to haywire hormones.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
The pair created their first last year in “Limos,” a limited-run production themed around a tarot reading that goes haywire.
From Los Angeles Times
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