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lunatic

[loo-nuh-tik] / ˈlu nə tɪk /




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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

The Macfadyen performance is not of a raving lunatic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Act Three, which brings a performance of “Nothing On” to utter collapse, doesn’t quite reach the lunatic heights that Frayn intends.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

Although most of the credit for my exoneration must be given to Dr. Aurelius, who apparently earned his naps by presenting me as a hopeless, shell-shocked lunatic.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins