lunatic
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"The city is going to bear the scars of this lunatic for a really long time."
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Orson and Lorenzo, consummate showmen, were summoned to prisons, where they inspected the heads of inmates and guessed their crimes; at lunatic asylums they were challenged to identify the patients’ disorders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
He got back everything he’s wanted and then a lunatic billionaire is telling you that 100 miles away under the Denver Airport there’s this thing that sounds crazy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
That is a deliberate choice, says Tracy, because Teddy is not -- or at least not just -- a lunatic.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
Ammu was incoherent with rage and disbelief at what was happening to her—at being locked away like the family lunatic in a medieval household.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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