paranoid
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The girl said Samuels looked "paranoid" when they were in public together and she felt like she was being "hidden".
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Foreign policy analysts would normally consider distraction to be a lazy and unprofessional explanation for major actions like wars, if not a symptom of paranoid conspiracy thinking.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
He was very paranoid, asking staff to witness their conversation.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
“Only the paranoid survive,” added Lake, who is among the leaders viewed as a potential successor to Dimon.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
Here’s what’s so hard for us to understand today: The ruthless, paranoid Josef Stalin, by then the uncontested leader of the USSR, commanded a bizarre and absolute power over his people.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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