wild
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This is a wild misreading of the situation.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
A rare eastern imperial eagle has been rescued from animal traffickers and released back into the wild in Serbia after months in captivity.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
Traders in the world’s most important financial market are bracing for a wild stretch ahead.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
If there were any wild hogs around, he could scare the daylights out of them with his deep voice.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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
She had once tried acting in New York, which means that she lived a wilder life once and is something of an improviser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Some of the wilder estimates of $200 for Brent suggest to Brooks an assumption that price elasticity is zero – in other words, demand is not impacted at all.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
The princess has acknowledged her wilder life as a single mother before marrying into royalty in 2001.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
The animals grew louder and wilder until they were silenced by the robot’s booming voice.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
The revenue for this summer’s World Cup went beyond FIFA’s wildest dreams, generating $15 billion in revenue, up from an earlier projection of $11 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
It seems like the wildest character I’ve played in a while, and it’s me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Could a Madison Square Garden wedding be the love story of Taylor Swift's wildest dreams?
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
She yelled out the wildest one of all: “I can climb the light pole!”
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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
“It was such a magical moment, and so iconic what it represents for conservation and wilding in this country,” said Gibbs, who first spotted the baby bison on Sept. 9.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 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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