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as in runaway
showing no signs of being under control
the mayor promised to put a stop to the rampant crime that plagued the city
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as in lush
growing thickly and vigorously
try to avoid the patch of rampant poison ivy near the resting spot on the trail
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Recent Examples of rampant
Their principal defense was that there had been rampant voter fraud in favor of Biden.
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Between the lines: Partisan poll watchers have been part of U.S. elections since at least the 19th century to counter voter fraud and violence, which were rampant at the time, per PBS' Retro Report.
—April Rubin, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Sixty percent of the water that flows into the lower Mississippi River comes from the Ohio River, where drought is rampant.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
The situation is worse in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have been besieging the Jabalia refugee camp and hunger has been rampant.
—NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Between the lines: Partisan poll watchers have been part of U.S. elections since at least the 19th century to counter voter fraud and violence, which were rampant at the time, per PBS' Retro Report.
—April Rubin, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Sixty percent of the water that flows into the lower Mississippi River comes from the Ohio River, where drought is rampant.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
The situation is worse in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have been besieging the Jabalia refugee camp and hunger has been rampant.
—NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
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This factor might go some way to explaining the runaway success of Sky series Brassic on Netflix these past few months.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2024
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Things don’t get any easier for the Citizens as they next travel to early runaway leader Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.Matias Grez, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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The robes are long and lush and heavy, the score dictates each twist and turn, and the buildings in which these people behave with such petty bitchery feature some of the most stunning Renaissance and Classical architecture.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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From there, a bridge spans a short ravine into one of the lushest and most wooded portions of the trail.Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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His first American doctor re-prescribed his existing medications, which led to severe uncontrolled seizures.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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Other methods of preventing the fern’s uncontrolled spread include restricting the sale of the plant in garden centers and other retail outlets, raising public awareness of its aggressive tactics, and monitoring the distribution of the species.Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
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Keep weedy areas of your yard cut back to deprive them of a place to call home.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
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Common visitors to feeders for both seed and suet, these birds gather in flocks in weedy fields, roadsides, brushy patches and backyards.Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
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But what that means in raw dollar amounts has shifted dramatically since 2018 — not because individuals’ wages have gone up that much, but because the influx of high-paying tech jobs, coupled with inflation, has pumped up the regionwide average for earnings.Bridget Grumet, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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But raw numbers alone mean little if the data is not accurate or relevant.Richard Jones, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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States with less dense populations tend to have less traffic, and people in rural communities often live closer to their jobs than those commuting to a city or taking an hourlong subway ride to work, Search Logistics found.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
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In the app, the Wildfire Smoke Layer shows where smoke from those fires drifts and how dense that smoke is.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Thoughtful strategic partnerships are a powerful tool in navigating today's global economy and securing a prosperous future.Bharath Kumar Kakkireni, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Since 2022, cider sommelier Dan Pucci and Madeleine Osborn have hosted their idiosyncratic take on an English wassail celebration, the ancient tradition of visiting apple orchards in the wintertime to fête the trees and promote a prosperous harvest in the year to come.Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2024
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Therefore, don’t be surprised to see bucks bedding right on the edge of thick cover within some of the areas noted above.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024
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In almost any Auerbach oil painting, early or late, rawness is thick on the ground.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Rampant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rampant. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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