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amok

[uh-muhk, uh-mok] / əˈmʌk, əˈmɒk /




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

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Is it simply the fact that England, world champions and seven-time defending champions, are running amok and pushing up the average?

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Now, the rest of them are rejecting the nice guy while Rapaport continues to run amok.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

The army was mutinous; the factory workers galled; inflation ran amok.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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