madhouse

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The team was undecided on how well Mellencamp’s biggest hits—sepia-tinted odes to small-town America—fit today’s college football madhouse cathedrals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The follow-up continues this kookiness with a madhouse spoof of Hallmark holiday saccharine in which a woodpile becomes a homicidal monster.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Mr Acciardo described the scene as a "madhouse" when first responders arrived.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

An NPR reviewer called it “an extraordinary debut collection, an intensively granular, yet panoramic depiction of what it’s like to try to make it — or not — in this kaleidoscopic madhouse of a country.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

“It’s a madhouse out there. All these people crowded around, and then they tell you your tickets are no good.”

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar