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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
Even the protections that preserve the park where de la Torre works contain exceptions for oil companies and Indigenous communities, and wildlife hunting is still rampant.
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Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Aid workers are abandoning the country and violence has become rampant, with warlords terrorizing communities.
—Miami Herald Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
They were utterly blown away by a rampant Crystal Palace side who put four goals past them.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Because by the end of 2025, generating rampant public interest in the 2026 World Cup matters.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Aid workers are abandoning the country and violence has become rampant, with warlords terrorizing communities.
—Miami Herald Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
They were utterly blown away by a rampant Crystal Palace side who put four goals past them.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Because by the end of 2025, generating rampant public interest in the 2026 World Cup matters.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rampant
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And that kind of runaway imagination is so Rosie in Cross My Heart.Megan Collins, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Sure enough, after the impacts from the piston, the HSV-1 cells became active and began causing their usual havoc – sparking inflammation, fostering the growth of tangle-causing amyloid plaques, killing off neurons, and leading to a runaway development of glial cells in a process called gliosis.Michael Franco, New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
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The new direction from Congress has the potential to transform the river that sustains Oregon’s famously lush Willamette Valley.Tony Schick, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2025
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Swiss cheese vine’s length and dramatic foliage bring lush maximalism to any room.Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
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If that isn’t enough plot, the lives of these characters become even more chaotic, violent, and ultimately tragic thanks to Emilia’s uncontrolled and selfish impulses.Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
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Most commercial rat baits contain either anticoagulants, which cause uncontrolled internal bleeding, or neurotoxins, which cause seizures and make an animal unable to control its limbs.Andy Newman, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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From the high point of the Walker Basin Trail, echoes of the area’s ranching history linger in bits of barbed wire, stock tanks and weedy livestock tracks.Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Some lawns have large weedy areas; remove and add new sod or plugs. 9.Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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Sanusi, a skilful wide player who has been compared stylistically to Allan Saint-Maximin, is still young and raw and he will instead be challenged to earn greater training time with the senior squad.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Walls of raw concrete and earthen hues pay homage to ancient adobe structures, while courtyards and open-air walkways nod to haciendas of old.Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Arnold told the Statesman by phone that the cottages are more dense than other single-family homes and sit on smaller lots, keeping costs down for builders and future residents alike.Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 12 Jan. 2025
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There’s also the simple fact that much of the densest forest is on terrain so steep that loggers’ machines couldn’t even access it.Elizabeth Miller, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2025
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Expanding offshore leasing is a practical, if not necessary, step to ensuring a prosperous America with abundant energy supply.James Broughel, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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The foreign policy chiefs in the White House believed firmly that cooperation was vital to securing a prosperous, peaceful and eventually democratic China.Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Electric motors are dense hunks of metal, thus are heavy; power cables thick enough to carry the heavy electron flow needed to generate hundreds of horsepower are also not light.Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
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Some of the cables he’s found are as thick as a pinky finger and, when attached to the right tree, are strong enough to anchor an elephant calf.Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Rampant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rampant. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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