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lunatic

[loo-nuh-tik] / ˈlu nə tɪk /




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Mr. Odenkirk’s warriors make Forrest Gump seem like a ’roid-raging lunatic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

"The city is going to bear the scars of this lunatic for a really long time."

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

That Tomás, who has already survived the Great Hunger as well as a cruel workhouse, isn’t already a lunatic is perhaps less fantastical than the plot itself at times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

“A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the president gave an appropriate and unambiguous response,” said Steven Cheung, White House communications director.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

“Pretty much,” Sierra said, breathing a sigh of relief now that it was all out of her system and her friend hadn’t called her a raving lunatic.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

Fatboy Slim knew what to expect from the people he was playing to: "They're lunatics," he joked, lovingly.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

He is the one figure in the story who learns something: How to survive among lunatics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

We might not be capable of atrocities, but in our dreams we’re all occasionally raving lunatics, giving vent to feelings we keep buried away in the light of day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026

The “founders and VCs” here are the miners and early buyers who picked up bitcoin at $10, $100, $1,000 — and held on while the rest of us called them lunatics.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025

Jillson was staring at him and his friends as if they were a bunch of lunatics.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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