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haywire

[hey-wahyuhr] / ˈheɪˌwaɪər /


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Your mind plays all kinds of tricks on you when geopolitical events go haywire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And, if it goes haywire after that, the Dodgers inevitably will be blamed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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

The plunge in stocks — by about 30% in less than three weeks — sent their portfolio balances haywire.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

His endocrine system was now going fully haywire.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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