zany
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“Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief,” the fourth entry in Mr. Stevenson’s zany series, gives readers more than their money’s worth of shocks and satire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
But the frontrunner of this awards season has long been "One Battle," a zany thriller about a retired revolutionary looking for his teen daughter.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Our critic called the film “a zany, all-out crowd-pleaser.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Whitten stood on stage in a top hat and his hair in a zany afro — which was actually a weave installed by four Senegalese women for the price of $2,600, says Sykes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
And just like that, as he stared at them, the idea came, an idea as zany as they were.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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