spree
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"It was bringing huge hope and future prospects to the people," he said, adding that the country would now have to rethink its dam-building spree.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
He had a .948 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in double-A and went on a power spree starting at the end of July, hitting 11 of his 27 home runs before his promotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Two months after an AI swarm broke out of a lab and went on a hacking spree, Anthropic’s chief executive says it is time to tap the brakes on AI development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
These complex and lengthy logs are the focal point of ongoing investigations into how and why the bots at OpenAI broke out of their containment and went on an uncontrollable hacking spree.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
If anything, Noah should have talked to her before he decided to go on a psycho GIF-creating spree.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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The idea follows reports of AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta breaking out of testing environments and going on uncontrollable hacking sprees.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Few companies are saying they plan to go on major hiring sprees, and employers are also making clear they are in the market for certain types of workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Deutsche Bank has studied the matter and found that returns averaged 8% in the first three months of IPO sprees, and 20% in the first 12 months.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Buying sprees of outlets led to owners who became highly leveraged and less able to invest in programming, which put the squeeze on suppliers such as CBS News Radio.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
I saw people on their long, wild spending sprees, after big hits.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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