madcap
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Shelton, meanwhile, is coming off the biggest victory of his career, a madcap, wee-hours dethroning of defending champ Alcaraz which also went to a fifth-set tiebreak and ran all the way until 3:33 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bree begins the film desperately wanting gender-affirming surgery, so much so that her urgency incites the film’s madcap mumblecore events.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
In their own madcap way, Dino and Jer epitomized Cicero’s notion that comedy is the imitation of life, the mirror of custom and the image of truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The madcap ending was one of several key stories, including:
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Letters proposing madcap, unpublished ideas, often accompanied by hand-scribbled figures, were circulated among the members; it was a blog before blogs.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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