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
Ionesco’s brand of absurdism is indebted to classic French farce, which is redeployed in lunatic fashion to lampoon the nonsensical nature of human existence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
He looked at me like I was a lunatic, but he heard me, so perhaps I planted a seed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
The Macfadyen performance is not of a raving lunatic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
“It’s not so lunatic these days,” said Ted.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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