the wild
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Woolley said social media companies are the "wild card" in the influencer ecosystem.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
While Choi had grown accustomed to the wild volatility of South Korea’s stock market this year, a plunge last week was still painful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Native to temperate forest habitats in East Asia, the lumbering black-and-white mammals do not typically travel long distances in the wild.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
The zoo said, in the wild, they were restricted to "a shrinking pocket of rainforest" around Manaus, Brazil.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
I felt like jumping up and down, but I was too old for that, so I just smiled really hard to myself as I went hunting for the wild cocoyams.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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