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madness

[mad-nis] / ˈmæd nɪs /


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The line between sanity and madness becomes blurred to invisibility in the musical “Girl, Interrupted” at the Public Theater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Both agree there is a certain madness in a system that appears to encourage people to swim in a polluted river in the hope it will create the pressure to clean it up.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Between bucket pull madness, a ton of Golden Ticket winners dazzled throughout, treating L.A. to a little slice of what we see in Austin on Mondays.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

There might be some method in that madness.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

His madness foiled his reason, and a puzzled look spread over his face as, shaking his head with a decision which I had but seldom seen in him, he said:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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