runaway

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That implies a more than $25 billion exiting run rate of capex by the end of the year, which they “characterize as runaway, unsustainable, and highly suggestive of an advisable equity capital raise.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Authorities also presented the AI image during a press briefing on the runaway wolf, local media reported.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“Our most significant accomplishment was restoring our health plan to a sustainable path after facing severe pressure from industry contraction and runaway healthcare cost inflation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

"As PBHs evaporate, they become ever lighter, and so hotter, emitting even more radiation in a runaway process until explosion. It's that Hawking radiation that our telescopes can detect."

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Cejas jumps right in, telling me in runaway words how her life has been.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads