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[wahyld] / waɪld /






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"I expect a lot from the beginning. It could be a bit wild, but I accept that. It just has to be lively."

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

But Muse’s wild popularity and ability to complete complex tasks, such as filling out web forms, has spurred increased “optimism on Meta’s potential AI investment returns,” Post wrote in a Tuesday note.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

Left guard Chris Paul stepped on Daniels’ foot as he backed away from center and the quarterback threw a wild incomplete pass as he braced himself on the ground with his other hand.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

The greatest value of AI comes from its ability to run wild.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

In this wild scene, would anyone notice an ordinary-looking young man with a bad scar on his forehead holding an iron rod?

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

America had its latchkey generation and, along with that, a growing sense that the world is a dangerous place, especially its wilder parts.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Antosca promises that in the back half of the series, the show will get even wilder and more destabilizing.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

According to Elizabeth Margulis’s fascinating “Transported,” these dreams are wilder, more autobiographical and more communal than ordinary moments of mind-wandering.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Sir David was close to home again for this series, which lifted the lid on the teeming activity that can make UK gardens just as fascinating as wilder and more exotic places.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Cried for Georgie, sleeping beside me with feathers in his hair, growing wilder every year.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

The success of Strangers has exceeded their wildest expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Wall Street endured a painful selloff on Wednesday, as new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh presided over one of the wildest Fed decision days for markets in recent memory.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

But after one of the wildest nights of Joshua's career against Kristian Prenga, the Fury fight suddenly feels like a very different contest.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

But this is beyond the wildest dreams of Pentagons past.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

They went to the wilderness to worship, to the wildest mountains, the deepest forests, as if they kept to the customs of an ancient time before men had thought of building houses for their gods.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Or is there space still wilded enough for fleeting magic in suburban sprawl?

From Salon May 10, 2024

He’s also been wilding out on Truth Social, uncorking a series of posts that are unhinged, even for him.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2025

“Our young people are out here wilding sometimes, and whatever it takes for us to get them under control, we have to do it,” he said.

From Washington Post Sep. 8, 2022

NP: Do you ever think about just wilding out on Twitter to compete with Elon directly?

From The Verge Jan. 25, 2022

That film shows news media at the turn of the century panting to tell a story about a star acting inappropriately, a party girl wilding out when she should have been at home.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2021

I guess dorm parties got old, so they’re wilding out on the subway instead—and were joining them, dammit.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera




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