mayhem
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If a user’s prompt is unclear, or if there are many ways to execute the requested action, mayhem might ensue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
On Thursday and Saturday nights, they were nasty and resonant as a live band, even beneath 160,000 square feet of LED mayhem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
For the Amicus bonus episode, Dahlia unpacks the election mayhem happening in Missouri with Madiba K. Dennie, deputy editor and senior contributor at Balls and Strikes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Residents living close to the scene of a fatal multi-car crash near Edinburgh Airport have described scenes of "mayhem" in the aftermath of the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
A scene of mayhem replaced the calm that Stanton had seen a little more than an hour before.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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