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maniacal

[muh-nahy-uh-kuhl] / məˈnaɪ ə kəl /
ADJECTIVE
insane
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He also put a maniacal focus on Apple’s supply chain, owing to his prior stint as the company’s chief operating officer.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

We should only expect more maniacal threats as time goes on.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

O’Leary, who is maniacal about keeping costs down, didn’t want to add Starlink because of the fuel penalty.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

By relying on a rigorous cadence—clear roles for containment, crisp communications and a maniacal mission focus—we didn’t just survive; we turned a skeptic into a raging fan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Hermann Goring slapped his knee again, a maniacal grin on his face.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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