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delirium

[dih-leer-ee-uhm] / dɪˈlɪər i əm /


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Those who’ve managed to come out of this new kind of tech-enabled delirium have learned how vital it is to stay in touch with the natural world and their natural instincts.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

She channels all of Nina’s prior faux delirium into a ferocious finale that raises the stakes tenfold.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

They spent the bowl season in a Las Vegas hotel, walking the Strip with a three-week old, in a new-parent-induced delirium, their whole lives having suddenly turned upside down.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Mary Ann Patten is 19—petite, pretty and pregnant—when her husband, the captain of Neptune’s Car, the clipper ship she’s on, is struck down by disease and delirium from the tuberculosis that will ultimately kill him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

In the Two Minutes Hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this subhuman chanting of “B-B! . . . B-B!” always filled him with horror.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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