out of control

Example Sentences

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Yet the situation now seems to be getting out of control.

From BBC

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood hopes "sweeping reforms" will tackle illegal migration and restore public trust in a system she described as "out of control and unfair".

From BBC

“The hype over these systems — even if everything we hope for is right long term — is totally out of control for the short term,” he told me on a recent afternoon.

From New York Times

Earlier this week key figures in tech, including Elon Musk, called for these types of AI systems to be suspended amid fears the race to develop them was out of control.

From BBC

But as the movie suggests, if you put too many seemingly benign elements together and add vastly more complexity, before you know it you’ve concocted a self-contradictory, nihilistic mixture that can spin your quiet world utterly out of control.

From New York Times