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as in runaway
showing no signs of being under control
the mayor promised to put a stop to the rampant crime that plagued the city
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as in lush
growing thickly and vigorously
try to avoid the patch of rampant poison ivy near the resting spot on the trail
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Recent Examples of rampant
Complaints about the heat are rampant.
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Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 27 Mar. 2026
There is no rampant cheating or election fraud in California.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Last week, aldermen voted 30-18 to freeze the ordinance’s implementation, citing rampant concerns from many restaurant owners that the hikes were significantly harming their businesses.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Soon, drinking and rampant rule-breaking ensue.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
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Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 27 Mar. 2026
There is no rampant cheating or election fraud in California.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Last week, aldermen voted 30-18 to freeze the ordinance’s implementation, citing rampant concerns from many restaurant owners that the hikes were significantly harming their businesses.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Soon, drinking and rampant rule-breaking ensue.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rampant
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This terrific new Bloomberg profile details how Microsoft CFO Amy Hood has emerged as one of the most powerful—and controversial—figures shaping the company’s AI strategy, tasked with threading the needle between runaway infrastructure spending and the risk of falling behind in the AI race.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The incident highlights how X continues to struggle with runaway disinformation.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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The backstory Six Senses has long been associated with its lush, secluded destinations like the Maldives, Thailand, Bali, Seychelles, and Oman’s Zighy Bay, for example.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Eating and drinking Il Caffè on the ground floor is a bright, inviting space where marble and mirrors meet lush greenery.—
Vicki Power,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
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An inevitable problem with bus navigation is not the app but the relatively uncontrolled environment of the street itself.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
25 Mar. 2026
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While the virus is continuing to spread uncontrolled in the southwest part of Utah, other parts of the state — including areas closer to Salt Lake City — are now experiencing increases in cases.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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As a result, privets are incredibly invasive and weedy.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
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All asparagus species are virtually indestructible owing to their rhizomes, and two of them, although popular in dry arrangements, can become weedy in the garden.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026
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School is the crucible where raw vitality encounters the collective will to impose order and control but also to bring cultural richness to lives that might otherwise remain inhibited and crude.—
Tim Parks,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Gardeners frequently incorporate raw manure in the fall or composted manure in the spring to naturally boost soil nutrients.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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In cases of near-zero visibility due to dense fog, initiate your hazard lights and locate a secure spot, such as a nearby business parking area, to pull over and come to a halt.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2026
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Aerix claims the result is a UAV capable of sustained, multidirectional motion—an essential requirement for tracking erratic airborne targets in dense or cluttered environments.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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What is once in a lifetime in some places, once a generation in other places, occasional in the most prosperous of programs, has become a baseline achievement for the men’s and women’s basketball teams in Storrs.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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But where Grosz targets only the vain and prosperous, Lapid puts his struggling bohemians at the heart of corruption.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Louise touched her phone screen to look at the picture of Diana again—gorgeous Diana smiling into the wind, all that thick hair billowing.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The slide appears to have involved a thick slab of soft snow breaking loose at a weak layer in the snowpack, the report said.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Rampant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rampant. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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