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lunacy

[loo-nuh-see] / ˈlu nə si /


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It requires little effort to arrange the group’s most unhinged statements into a cornucopia of lunacy, surpassed in recent memory only by the tinfoil conspiracism of QAnon.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026

Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025

“Bloodline” reminds me of the breed of darkly comic postwar novels by Robert Coover, William H. Gass, Harry Crews and others, in which regional manias stand in for a broader national lunacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The company’s commedia dell’arte-style shenanigans have a natural elasticity but farcical lunacy snaps when stretched too far.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

She looked up at him and saw the familiar, faint lunacy shining in Jamie’s eyes.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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