insanity

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In June 1982, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to a psychiatric facility; he was fully released from federal custody in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

“I don’t get where all this insanity is coming from.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

"It's just insanity, when I think about it," she says of getting to open for two of the UK's biggest acts.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Jonah was glad that Chip could still show some sense of humor, that he hadn’t totally crossed the line into insanity.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix