run wild
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In some ways, the collective skepticism was liberating: Whiteman and Baum, who died in 1998, could let their imaginations run wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"I think if not, people's imaginations run wild and I think we would all like to know exactly what is going on," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Well, if you let your paranoia run wild, quite a lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
The plants spread out and run wild with large green leaves and magnificent five-pointed, edible, yellow blossoms.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
The light of the headlights fell on brambles, on vines run wild, and on olive trees crouching like bent old men beside the road.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
