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[wahyld] / waɪld /






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Selective hearing on this scale is wild, but it is also terrifyingly deliberate.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Seoul -- at the forefront of the region's tech-led rally to record highs -- shed more than one percent, having seen wild swings over the previous two days.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

She transforms herself from “a wild, hatless little savage” into a lady, which estranges her from her childhood companion and besotted admirer, Heathcliff, a foundling who lives with her family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Its rival Anthropic has blown past it since December thanks to the wild success of its agentic coding assistant, Claude Code.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

All we’d been eating were the few fish we’d managed to poach from Cunningham’s stream and once in a while a wild onion or an old potato.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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