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amok

[uh-muhk, uh-mok] / əˈmʌk, əˈmɒk /




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Rival owners and GMs are happy to let L.A. be a symbol of a game gone amok.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The 30-something added that there was "absolutely no sense" in the idea of AGI running amok.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

"We aren't getting help. They are just running amok," she says.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

They are almost always intense, with emotions on speed dial and hormones running amok.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Lourdes blames Enrique’s grandmother Maria: she spoiled the boy and let him run amok.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario


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