runaway

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That implies a more than $25 billion exiting run rate of capex by the end of the year, which they “characterize as runaway, unsustainable, and highly suggestive of an advisable equity capital raise.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Authorities also presented the AI image during a press briefing on the runaway wolf, local media reported.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

"As PBHs evaporate, they become ever lighter, and so hotter, emitting even more radiation in a runaway process until explosion. It's that Hawking radiation that our telescopes can detect."

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Fire Administration, potentially leading to a process known as thermal runaway, in which the battery ignites through a self-sustaining chemical reaction that is impossible to stop until it runs out on its own.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

If I stopped someone to ask them a question, and that thirty-second delay caused them to accidentally get taken out by a runaway horse or something, I could completely alter history.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin