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insanity

[in-san-i-tee] / ɪnˈsæn ɪ ti /


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This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

An IT specialist working for MI5 on a contract who disclosed intelligence information to a "foreign power" has been found "not guilty by reason of insanity" by an Old Bailey jury.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

That flying blob of insanity isn’t for everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

“I don’t get where all this insanity is coming from.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

Where the unhinged once came to offer their prayers, scholars now gather to research the collective insanity of war.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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