wild
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It’s estimated that fewer than 10,000 exist in the wild.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
On TV, actors Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds’ excursion into the wild world of British Premier football, “Welcome to Wrexham,” recently expanded to include a women’s team, the Red Dragons.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
This is a wild misreading of the situation.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Autonomous AI gone wild has long been the favorite nightmare for sci-fi fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
No rifle to hunt or protect us from wild animals.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Regulators are in a permissive phase, and that could be a bonanza for fund companies cooking up ever wilder ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Haigh says online comments about her hair colour encouraged her to make it "even wilder"
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
The Hogwarts Express moved steadily north and the scenery outside the window became wilder and darker while the clouds overhead thickened.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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
“Having this opportunity to have tickets for these kids and families, it’s going to be beyond their wildest dreams,” said Washington, who volunteered in the opening ceremony at the 1984 L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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
The wildest card is Minnesota, which feels like a fun experiment, and also a ticket to crazytown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Talk about wild things! Your grand-mother was the wildest, most untamed, most ornery and beautiful creature ever to grace this earth.”
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
Or is there space still wilded enough for fleeting magic in suburban sprawl?
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
Known for its online presence, P1Harmony achieved a viral moment back in 2021, wilding out on a livestream when fans suggested they play “La Chona” by the norteño band Los Tucanes de Tijuana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
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
Like a pack of wilding drunks, they’re destroying habitats, contaminating water with their wallowing and feces, eroding topsoil and generally making a mess of things.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
One of my favorite style of tweets is when people are like, “the brands are at it again,” and it usually just means brands are wilding on Twitter.
From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2022
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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