wacky
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Bartlett purposely wanted to steer away from the wacky “Looney Tunes” antics of cartoons like “Animaniacs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Steffi Cao argues that we should be wary of the algorithm that incentivizes mindless scrolling, but there is nonetheless something charming about the wacky human storytelling that drives these videos.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
The mere fact that there are six increasingly wacky installments should be enough to warrant curiosity.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Elsewhere, sizable sculptures of unknown creatures made from glass beads are effortfully wacky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
They spent several quiet minutes wandering around the room, taking in all the wacky games that people used to play.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
At their peak, bubbles feature IPOs of outfits with much wackier marketing pitches than a name change to something like “AI-squared.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Welcome to the wackier side of geoengineering - deliberately intervening in the Earth's climate system to try to counteract the damage we have done to it.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024
Cahn: The wackier it is, the more people are like, “Oh, it’s a real relationship.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
This improbable story — a team that trailed in the final minutes of an elimination game of the play-in tournament somehow getting to the NBA Finals — now has an even wackier plot twist.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
It celebrated the wackier moments of the usually strait-laced Trebek, showing him verbally sparring with contestants and arm-wrestling with one.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2021
Some of the wackiest ideas will never see the light of day, but the best might end up in one of our tech gift guides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
The coaches’ last meeting, in 2019, resulted in one of the wackiest games in Pac-12 history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
What is your wackiest, strangest, or more exciting airplane trip?
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
An exhibit dedicated to the sport’s wackiest team, the Savannah Bananas, will open Friday at the hallowed shrine in Cooperstown, New York.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Here's a look back on some of the wackiest costumes that have been donned by runners over the years.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023
