neurotic
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The neurotic self-policing about the supposed rules of engagement has given way to something that looks more like confidence.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Germany is uniquely neurotic about debt and about unsound money.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Richards did tell Lindo that he needed to jettison some of the neurotic choices he was making as an actor.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
She was one of many authors he wrangled—alcoholic William Faulkner, neurotic Dr. Seuss, industrious James Michener, imperious Philip Roth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
It’s Saturday and the time has come to leave my free lodgings and neurotic avian roommate.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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