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wacko

[wak-oh] / ˈwæk oʊ /






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Do you look back at the risks you took, with unusual buildings designed by foreign architects with no experience in China, as wacko now?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

In April, he was expelled from the House of Commons for calling the prime minister a "wacko".

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025

People think I’m a little wacko, but I believe plants are like people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

Now, however, its inventors are back, and not with just another wacko, attention-getting stunt.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2022

“But wacko or not, he’s awfully careful about keeping his secrets—which is why this has been so extremely, marvelously, wonderfully satisfying!”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

When wackos say this, I pay no attention.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

These wackos want to ruin everything about your life, but they don’t mind littering.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

"When we began working on this 12 years ago and talked about plastic fragments in water, people took us for wackos and now it is a recognised problem."

From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2023

“They’re worried about the demonstrators both pro-Trump and anti-Trump, and just wackos on the street,” said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to convey parts of a confidential discussion.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023

Maybe she puts this crumb under there before every new patient to sort out the true wackos.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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