Example Sentences

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But towards the end of 2022, the policy started failing as the highly transmissible Omicron variant spread rampantly and local governments struggled to cough up money and manpower to enforce the curbs.

From Reuters • Jul. 18, 2023

After she filed for divorce in September, gossip blogs rampantly speculated that she’d ended the relationship because Bear-McClard cheated on her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Even tiny shards of metal can pose a danger and the number of objects is growing rampantly.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

But they do know this: The virus spreads most rampantly between people who gather indoors, in close quarters, to talk or laugh or sing, without wearing masks.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2020

If any fish had managed to survive the eruption, they didn’t last long— bacteria began to grow rampantly in the hours after the lake was changed forever.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone