run wild
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Yet over 100 stories up the North Tower, restaurateur Joe Baum and Michael Whiteman let their imaginations run wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Then they walk up the path and suddenly see it, and the kids just run wild, completely excited."
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
The plants spread out and run wild with large green leaves and magnificent five-pointed, edible, yellow blossoms.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
It’s like a metaphor for its own creation: Letting one’s imagination run wild is at once the point of the show and the thing that produced it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
Tagoe takes off his glasses and lets his neck run wild.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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