zany
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“It was a weird movie that felt lost, especially when it stars John Cusack and Tim Robbins being zany in a way they don’t often get to be,” he says by phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
In our current everyone-with-a-phone-is-a-critic culture, this may sound like a particular flavor of zany.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Americans are captivated by the dizzying displays of group fervor, zany behavior and national pride that accompany nearly every match at each of the 16 venues in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
The very next morning, the BBC called to say they were blown away by the song's zany energy and its Euro-friendly lyrics about ditching an office job to take a mini-break in Germany.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Running in the mornings and reading in the afternoons gave him just enough stability to endure the zany nights at the McNabs’.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
Hoping to sink the father’s chances, Al saddles LeBron with the beloved zanies Bugs, Daffy, Sylvester et al.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Missing were the usual cast of zanies dressed in wedding gowns and super hero costumes jostling with the beat writers to get their questions heard.
From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2020
But, hunting among the zeds, I decided to write about "zanies" in the sense of clowns, fools and comics.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2012
McDonagh's zanies are grotesques devoid of decency or basic deductive skills.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2010
I protest, I take these wise men, that crow so at these set kind of fools, no better than the fools' zanies.
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The cartoonist weaves in his own reflections on American history—and includes some zanier episodes more in keeping with the spirit of “Zippy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
The last time Salon cracked wise at the offerings listed among Oprah’s Favorite Things or the zanier items in Goop’s holiday gift guide was in 2019.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023
It couldn’t have been any zanier than this.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
In truth, I wish “Mario Golf: Super Rush” was a bit zanier.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021
The storefront colors were zanier, the clothes tighter, the music louder.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016
I’d also be lying if I said that was the only reason my husband and I share our lives with two of nature’s zaniest comics instead of a herd of small humans.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2024
“It could win best picture and it’s the zaniest idea out there,” Lord says.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Even the zaniest of football fans, those in the SEC, are more devotees than connoisseurs.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2022
He has some of the zaniest lines, and Sprouse is delightfully game for all of them.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
Imagine you’re a kid again and given an unlimited budget to build and race the zaniest Hot Wheels track you could possibly imagine.
From The Verge ● Dec. 27, 2021
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