insanity
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Barabak: A popular expression — which Steyer mentioned — defines insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
As diet maven Susan Powter proclaimed in the ’90s: Stop the insanity!
From Salon • May 10, 2026
“I have worked extensively with issues of competency, insanity and mentally disordered offenders, requiring close collaboration with medical experts and careful application of nuanced legal standards,” he said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
In June 1982, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to a psychiatric facility; he was fully released from federal custody in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
He jerked at the chain and tried to get loose, not to get away from the dogs but to get at them—I mean, it was complete insanity.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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