paranoid
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Many speculate that in recent years he has become more paranoid, especially since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
But their tentative affair is secondary to the complex bond between Ali and Jersey, whose troubled connection with Davis helps Ali understand why her mother is so paranoid about her romantic choices.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
As the old joke has it, you’re not paranoid if someone is really following you.
From Slate • May 9, 2026
It is a paranoid reflex that turns any hint of infiltration into proof of betrayal.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
Following HERO'S arrest, they had stopped recruiting Soviet informers under orders from James Jesus Angleton, the secretive and paranoid CIA chief of counterintelligence.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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