with reckless abandon
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: in a very wild and reckless way
She decided with reckless abandon to quit her job and move to Tahiti.
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But for star Demi Moore, the most violent material was watching co-star Dennis Quaid wolf down shrimp with reckless abandon.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
Yet the state’s slow roll out of licensed dispensaries created a gray zone for unlicensed pot sellers, who began opening hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores with reckless abandon.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
Both slug it out with reckless abandon for eight minutes, which many consider the most electrifying three rounds in boxing history.
1991 — Magic Johnson sets an NBA record for career assists in a 112-106 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
As Bella Baxter, a girl-woman coming into consciousness with reckless abandon and insatiable intellectual curiosity, Stone delivered perhaps the bravest — and most bananas — turn of her career.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
Yet the state’s slow roll out of licensed dispensaries created a gray zone for unlicensed pot sellers, who began opening hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores with reckless abandon.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
Both slug it out with reckless abandon for eight minutes, which many consider the most electrifying three rounds in boxing history.
1991 — Magic Johnson sets an NBA record for career assists in a 112-106 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
As Bella Baxter, a girl-woman coming into consciousness with reckless abandon and insatiable intellectual curiosity, Stone delivered perhaps the bravest — and most bananas — turn of her career.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
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