paranoid
Example Sentences
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Struthers’s advice: Don’t be paranoid, but do be attentive and proactive.
He became increasingly paranoid, wrongly believing he was being listened to by his phone and computer, and terrified someone was out to get him.
From BBC
“It went from him being a little paranoid and an odd guy to having some crazy thoughts he was convinced were true because of what he talked to ChatGPT about.”
“Our goal is to be actually paranoid about deployment because obviously, even one accident will be front-page headline news worldwide,” Musk said on the call.
"Both the US and Taiwan are paranoid and jumpy about Palau switching," said Graeme Smith, a senior fellow at the Australian National University.
From BBC
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