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“We have a bird flu outbreak. It’s running amok among dairy cattle and herds which are largely in the Central Valley,” said Hurtado.

Genge, motivated by a desire to prove himself against Bristol's private school players, turned out for the unheralded opposition and ran amok.

From BBC

Rampant speculation ran amok about the princess’ retreat from the public eye, fueling months of broad concern about her condition and whereabouts.

Kavanaugh denied the allegations and, thanks to Trump and the Senate’s Republican majority, he was lionized on the right as a victim of a movement run amok.

Others have called it an act of nepotism, evidence of the “Biden crime family” running amok, and so on.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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