lunacy
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An obvious model for the film is “Babe,” but minus the droll wit, the inspired lunacy and the filigreed plot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The way O’Hara gilds this line’s delivery with a wistful sparkle feels true because we’ve seen her spin such treasure playing all kinds of would-be topliners with an amiable, delicious amount of lunacy.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
By the third song, Sit Down, Stand Up, they're flexing their musical muscles, with an extended outro of percussive lunacy, aided by US session musician Chris Vatalaro.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025
“But if you’re thinking through all that lunacy every time you walk into a new situation, then there is something seriously wrong with you, Jule.”
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
Everyone knows why, another of the lunacies of the most lunatic sport.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2022
They are laid bare before us: their means, structure, lunacies and worth.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2013
Their economic model combined the financial lunacies of Ireland and Iceland.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 22, 2010
Mr. O’Brien’s comic persona was always lighter and less intimate; he led a new breed of healthily irreverent comedians who mocked show business and its lunacies from the margins.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2010
He had three boxes full of these lunacies when the old man died, and I'll wager he has not destroyed 'em.
From Lady Good-for-Nothing by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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Power Suffix: -acy
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And Then There Were None
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The Odyssey
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