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[wahyld] / waɪld /






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Selective hearing on this scale is wild, but it is also terrifyingly deliberate.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

She transforms herself from “a wild, hatless little savage” into a lady, which estranges her from her childhood companion and besotted admirer, Heathcliff, a foundling who lives with her family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

After reading a Times story about Georg Kochi, a retiree who swapped his Koreatown lawn with plants suited for California, Lee was inspired by Kochi’s wild, wabi-sabi-style garden, which embraces the art of imperfect beauty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Trading in space stocks remains wild ahead of SpaceX’s mega-IPO.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

I have built campfires in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and hunted wild turkey in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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