run wild
Example Sentences
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Well, if you let your paranoia run wild, quite a lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
The fortified vault in Kentucky is closed to the public, allowing imaginations to run wild with conspiracies and myths: that the gold is gone or fake, or the vault contains alien objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
During the design phase, you have to let your imagination run wild, says Mr Sinclair-Harris.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
Speculation has already begun to run wild on social media, but we still know very little about the situation.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2024
It told the story of a joke run wild, and two girls taken advantage of by a much older sister.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
