irrational
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Peter Doomanis backed up Carpenter’s claims against Applegate and said that the man poses a serious “and escalating” threat to the singer, and has “developed a disturbing and irrational fixation” on the pop star.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Macgregor had never known her old friend to be irrational.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
“I think that irrational exuberance that we saw in the dot com era … is just window dressing to cloak what, to me, is normalizing an addictive behavior in our society,” he said.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
John says at first the changes were attributed to the menopause, but in March 2023 he noticed his wife had become more irrational and did not react as expected when she had a car crash.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The lazy, empty days in the city and the irrational atmosphere in the house set my nerves on edge.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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