John Grisham

Charlottesville is a quiet town with friendly people, good schools, lots of churches, parks, and a bustling, growing community that more or less revolves around one of the country's great public universities. Volunteerism is rampant, and dozens of nonprofits hustle about, solving problems and helping those in need.

American Writer

Helen Mirren

When you're young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart their wisdom. It's not relevant to you because being young is such a specific thing. Thank God for that. Thank God for the young people who go out and demonstrate against rampant capitalism or whatever.

British Actress

Rachel Simmons

If we want to end a culture rampant with harassment, we must listen to the adult women who are speaking out courageously. We must also make room for girls to speak: If we listened, we'd find that many middle schoolers are trying to tell us, 'Me too.

American Author

Dambisa Moyo

The most obvious criticism of aid is its links to rampant corruption. Aid flows destined to help the average African end up supporting bloated bureaucracies in the form of the poor-country governments and donor-funded non-governmental organizations.

Zambian Economist

Adam West

Typecasting is really rampant in Hollywood, and because I played a costumed character and did it successfully, it was a real stigma.

American Actor

Margaret Cuomo

Throughout the world, cancer affects the rich and poor, especially where cigarette smoking is rampant.

American Celebrity

Katie Pavlich

The persecution of Christians isn't isolated. Instead, it's rampant and expanding around the world.

American Journalist

Jonathan Miller

I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity.

British Entertainer

Chuck Palahniuk

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

American Novelist

Cindy Gallop

English Businesswoman

The word 'rampant' often implies something is negative or harmful when it's spreading unchecked.

Negative Connotation

Use 'rampant' to emphasize the intense and uncontrolled nature of something.

Intensity

Rampant is typically associated with growth that is unwanted or problematic.

Unwanted Growth

In heraldry, 'rampant' suggests aggression or readiness for battle.

Symbolic Posture

Studying heraldry helps understand how 'rampant' reflects historical symbols of power.

Heraldic Tradition

In botany, 'rampant' describes vigorous and often invasive plant growth.

Botanical Vigor

When landscaping, beware of plants described as 'rampant' as they can be hard to control.

Careful Landscaping

 As a young man, I imagined a future world where technology so advanced could rid the world of disability, a world in which neural implants would allow the visually impaired to see. A world in which the paralyzed could walk, via body exoskeletons. Sadly, because of deficiencies in technology, disability is rampant in the world.

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 And, when possible, air dry your pants to reduce energy consumption. Life cycle and labor problems like these extend far beyond just jeans. Some governments are pursuing policies to make companies more responsible for worker pay and welfare, but unsustainable practices still run rampant throughout the fashion industry.

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 There is no line in the sand between old and young, after which it's all downhill. And the longer we wait to challenge that idea, the more damage it does to ourselves and our place in the world, like in the workforce, where age discrimination is rampant.

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 fungi and bacteria could run rampant in food. So we found ways to create an inhospitable environment for microbes. For example, making the food more acidic unravels enzymes that microbes need to survive. And some types of bacteria can actually help.

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 of civil strife and rampant iniquity. Yet he ended the speech by affirming the possibility of building a better world, to quote, “where no one will be able to decide for others how they die, where love will prove true and happiness be possible,

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 for his choice to live abroad, as well as his sexuality, which he explored openly in his writing at a time when homophobia ran rampant. Throughout his life, Baldwin considered it his role to bear witness. Unlike many of his peers,

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 women in my life sieved with anger at the sexism rampant in u.s. politics and culture I could feel the pain and rage especially in those of us who have experienced sexual violence I wanted to design an experience that

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 as significant as the physician, for if he doesn't do his job, diseases are rampant. All labor has dignity." Today's pandemic makes this clear. It reveals how deeply we rely

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 they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste

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