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insanity

[in-san-i-tee] / ɪnˈsæn ɪ ti /


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Wilson started to struggle after eating his eighth chicken wing, which was coated in Da Bomb, Beyond Insanity hot sauce.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

For many in F1 there is an aphorism that sums up Red Bull's approach to their second seat: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

Insanity defenses are rare, and legislation made such defenses substantially harder to make after John W. Hinckley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2023

“Whatever we are doing now isn’t working, and it needs to be corrected because, what is a statement? Insanity is doing things the same way over and over and expecting different results. It’s not working.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

In my mind, when I wrote Butch, I was thinking back further into my mind, remembering my father reading the rope climb up the Cliffs of Insanity and the death that was lurking right behind.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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