haywire
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"We noticed our fan would go haywire at 5 Shaft. Some areas would show reduced or even reversed airflow during large rain events," Connot said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Your mind plays all kinds of tricks on you when geopolitical events go haywire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
"The place where the chats went haywire was exactly when Gemini was upgraded to have persistent memory" and more sophisticated dialogues, Jay Edelson, the lead lawyer for the case, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
Ventyx has been developing treatments targeting a complex of proteins, called NLRP3, that researchers have found plays an important role in the body’s inflammatory response and immune diseases where that response goes haywire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
“Merlin’s beard,” Moody whispered, staring at the map, his magical eye going haywire.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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