as in losing it
to yield to mental or emotional stress
with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine
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Practice non-reaction This can feel counterintuitive, but sometimes the best strategy is to take a pause and not immediately react or intervene when your child is melting down.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
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Sidestep a financial wrangle if someone is melting down.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
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The style mishaps kept piling up as cracking wise about wardrobe and hair malfunctions became both a media and national pastime.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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Yet, the three — even Cavallari and Conrad, who were pitted against each other in the 2000s — were warm and chummy, cracking jokes and enthusiastically agreeing with one another.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Skaggs, 27, snorted the pill and died in a Texas hotel room on July 1, 2019, choking on his own vomit.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The thick and choking ash cloud covered the northern part of Colorado Springs after a wind shift.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Demonstrations took place in several cities across Israel over the weekend, with police breaking up a large gathering in Tel Aviv.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
5 Apr. 2026
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Images taken by Reuters show Israeli security forces breaking up the demonstrations in the city’s Habima Square.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
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While both Riddle and Fritz were largely silent about the rumors on their personal social media channels, the fashion It-girl snuck into the comment section of a recent post breaking down the breakup rumors.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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However, only a few metals—mainly platinum—can perform efficiently in such environments without breaking down.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Wigging (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigging%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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