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wild-eyed

[wahyld-ahyd] / ˈwaɪldˌaɪd /


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We recently suggested hedging in anticipation of a stock decline, but some investors will prefer to harness the wild-eyed enthusiasm of investor sentiment.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Few if any of even Kim Jong-un’s looniest tirades match these posts for their wild-eyed savagery.

From Slate Apr. 6, 2026

But to her credit, Ms. Coon never turns the character into a wild-eyed hysteric or a manipulated figure of pure pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Looking at long-term charts of silver can be very sobering, and wild-eyed internet gurus, heavy on dark conspiracism with proclamations of $10,000 silver, are hardly reassuring.

From MarketWatch Jan. 3, 2026

He was wild-eyed and crying and soaking wet.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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