extreme case

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In one extreme case, another teenager, Calum - now 19 - said he had been "radicalised by algorithm" from the age of 14.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Balanophora species represent an extreme case because they do not photosynthesize and instead draw nutrients from the roots of host plants.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025

In the extreme case of 1980, a bubble on top of runaway inflation, gold peaked at 22% of investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

Eli feels a strong connection to Noah, sometimes feeling what he feels, but as a man of science, he frames it as “some extreme case of transference-counter transference.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

“I was fighting an extreme case of powerlessness.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin