deranged
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But in Pakistan it often takes on a deranged quality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
The senator from Oklahoma also distanced himself from remarks he made at the time in which he called one of the Americans slain in Minneapolis a "deranged individual."
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Hemming said: "He absolutely flipped into a deranged state."
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
As we entered the new century and American office culture began to shift away from the stifling beige bureaucracy pinpointed in Dilbert, Adams’ online antics grew increasingly deranged.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
All the monkeys in these cages were infected with Ebola virus, and most of them were silent, passive, and withdrawn, although one or two of them seemed queerly deranged.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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