runaway

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"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

Fire Administration, potentially leading to a process known as thermal runaway, in which the battery ignites through a self-sustaining chemical reaction that is impossible to stop until it runs out on its own.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

At that time, the ECB faced fierce criticism for failing to hike borrowing costs quickly enough to tame runaway price rises.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

That debate would have triggered a discussion about the cost of runaway benefits, which would have reined in the size of benefit checks long ago.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Ben had found out from Philip that she was the senior class’s runaway valedictorian with Philip himself an earnest but distant second.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy