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psycho

[sahy-koh] / ˈsaɪ koʊ /


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“Is she right? Is she wrong? Is she psycho? Is she sane? Is she brilliant? Is she all of those things? Or none of them? You can’t pin her down,” Jonas explains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

The film is part psycho kidnapping horror, part shark thriller and part tribute to Madonna’s “Ray of Light.”

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

“No! Bad, psycho governor! No! Sit down! Bad! Stay! Stay away from dogs!”

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

"In the last couple of years the media have had a wonderful fixation on painting me as the psycho serial dater girl," she told the Grammy Museum.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023

I mean, it's not like I'm some psycho loner or anything.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

She remembers feeling "upset" and "lonely" after someone shared one of her posts with the caption: "The psychos are at it again."

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2023

“We need a few more psychos on this team,” said one player.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2022

Nesbo’s Norway, like Stieg Larsson’s Sweden, is populated with creeps and psychos of the sort that turn up here in much greater abundance.

From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2020

The audacious premise: Even a bunch of notorious psychos can have a good moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2020

“I want to be as close as possible! Run along its edges so we know exactly where we are! And maybe lose those psychos while we’re at it!”

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner


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