Example Sentences

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But in recent years, the screwworms have rampaged back north.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Since then, Nigeria has allowed hundreds of American troops to be posted to the country to train Nigerian forces and coordinate targeting of militant groups that have rampaged through the Lake Chad Basin for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

By Sunday, Palworld was one of the most popular games on the planet as players rampaged through a cruel world of chickens and squirrels engaged in shootouts.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

By the first winter wave of the pandemic, COVID-19 rampaged through swaths of California, sending patients to the hospital in droves, overwhelming Los Angeles’ morgues with bodies and prompting officials to issue new stay-at-home orders.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Instead, when the fever rampaged through Philadelphia in summers to come, vast tent encampments were erected for the poor by the Schuylkill River and in the Northern Liberties.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy