paranoia
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"My view is we should prepare for paranoia before the event," Uday Kotak, a veteran Indian banker, told a gathering of industry leaders this week, adding, "We must prepare for the worst."
From BBC • May 14, 2026
If you watched “Battlestar Galactica,” you’d know that was an actual paranoia human survivors had to contend with.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Well, if you let your paranoia run wild, quite a lot.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
“His decisions at trial,” his lawyers argue, were “based on fear and paranoia rather than rational thinking; he would fixate on small details, while missing the big picture.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
But knowing that Zeitoun’s ordeal was caused instead by systemic ignorance and malfunction—and perhaps long-festering paranoia on the part of the National Guard and whatever other agencies were involved—was unsettling.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Vocabulary lists containing paranoia
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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