uncontrollable
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When Anthropic recently disclosed a cyber espionage campaign that used artificial intelligence to execute much of the attack autonomously, headlines framed it as a new, uncontrollable threat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
The Gulf efforts aimed to "avoid an uncontrollable situation in the region", the Saudi official said.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
“Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…”
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026
He plays Matt as if the character were a manifestation of “the old devil sea,” one of the refrains of a play that finds maritime metaphors for all that is uncontrollable in human life.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
“Me to go with her!” burst in Jo, flying out of her chair in an uncontrollable rapture.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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