as in reckless
having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions
a harum-scarum dash through the crowded terminal to make the flight
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as in frantically
in a confused and reckless manner
tossed everything harum-scarum from the closet in a desperate attempt to find her shoes
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Coy was found guilty by a jury on all three counts: murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault.Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Besides murder, the jury also found Coy guilty of felonious assault and reckless homicide.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Eight other people were injured in the incident: six by gunshot wounds and another who was trampled as the crowd frantically fled from the shots.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Jurors attentively studied the video that shows officers frantically trying to revive Neely.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Planes were first introduced into combat service during World War I, and the pioneering pilots who manned them became masters of the air, deploying daredevil maneuvers to outwit the enemy.Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
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So when filming for the second half of Season Four moved to the western coast of Morocco, Rudy Pankow, who plays the daredevil JJ, seized the opportunity for a quick jaunt to the Sahara desert.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024
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All of it wild-caught.Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2020
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Our first stop is in a wild-looking stretch 200 yards south of the railroad tracks and State Street.Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023
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Toyota's Land Cruiser 250 was released a year ago and was already enjoyable, daring, and off-road competent.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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The daring — or fiercely independent — will find rental cars available through international and local companies at the airport and in some of the island's larger cities and towns.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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Musk’s personal fortune swung wildly during Joe Biden’s four years in office, reaching as high as $340 billion and as low as $124 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Since late September, the race’s trajectory tracking those postings careened wildly.Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Harum-scarum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harum-scarum. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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