out of control
Example Sentences
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The risk for the Iranian government is that inflation gets out of control.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
"I was so agitated that I was scared. I was scaring myself because I felt out of control," he said.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Because if we’re not schooling people, it’s going to become more rampant than it already is, and it is out of control.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
However, the system did not stop the suspect, who spun out of control after being tapped by the Grappler and crossed three lanes of traffic before crashing into a wall, according to television footage.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
They only knew that they needed to get water into the reactor core to prevent the chain reaction from spiraling out of control.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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