lunatic
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It was reminiscent for this viewer of 2008’s “Food Inc.,” which took a deep dive into the techniques of farmer Joel Salatin, the self-proclaimed “Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Orson and Lorenzo, consummate showmen, were summoned to prisons, where they inspected the heads of inmates and guessed their crimes; at lunatic asylums they were challenged to identify the patients’ disorders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
That is a deliberate choice, says Tracy, because Teddy is not -- or at least not just -- a lunatic.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
That Tomás, who has already survived the Great Hunger as well as a cruel workhouse, isn’t already a lunatic is perhaps less fantastical than the plot itself at times.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
“Did anybody ever tell you that sometimes you talk like a lunatic who speaks perfect English?”
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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