out of control
Example Sentences
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Fernando Guerra, a political science professor at Loyola Marymount University, said Pratt seems to have tapped into a deep well of discontent among Angelenos who believe that crime and homeless have spiraled out of control.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Growth valuations aren’t even that out of control, so strong earnings could certainly push the stocks higher.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Because if we’re not schooling people, it’s going to become more rampant than it already is, and it is out of control.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Read my past op-ed: The price Americans pay for medicine has gotten horribly out of control.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
I felt he was living on the edge of being out of control, of not being responsible for who he was or what he was.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
