paranoid

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But their tentative affair is secondary to the complex bond between Ali and Jersey, whose troubled connection with Davis helps Ali understand why her mother is so paranoid about her romantic choices.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

As the old joke has it, you’re not paranoid if someone is really following you.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

"I was paranoid, thinking they were trying to give my store to somebody else. My Lincoln store was up for renewal and they hadn't been talking to me about it," she says.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

He led Intel to unimaginable heights, wrote management texts and coined the mantra “only the paranoid survive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Some are clearly the work of nutjobs—clinically paranoid people who need professional help, not arenas in which to vent their hyperbolic conspiracy theories.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan