nut case
Example Sentences
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Perhaps it takes a little bit of a nut case to challenge Beijing, going so far as to seize Chinese fishing boats poaching in Indonesian waters.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2018
No question that the playwright-director also brings a fond, ruthless vigor to portrays Spector as a nut case.
From Time • Mar. 21, 2013
It's not just the nut case in "Crazytown."
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2012
Other countries are already doing that, in part because, as University of Southampton professor John Shepherd explained, the world needs to reach a consensus on geoengineering "before some nut case does itprematurely."
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2010
If Markopolos approached me, I might have thought he was a nut case," says Goldman, "But when you read his presentation, you would be forced to change your mind.
From Time Magazine Archive
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