lunatic fringe
Example Sentences
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All that can be dismissed as the ravings of the lunatic fringe, but it is being taken seriously in Jordan and Egypt.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
Her staff, she added with a laugh, “took it as mail from the lunatic fringe and just tossed it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2021
Unfortunately for the lunatic fringe, however, those events were just horse races:
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2018
Sure, Jones arguably says more outlandish things from a position that used to be the far lunatic fringe.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2017
If the services were to set any such unreasonable standard for the commissioned body, all would shortly move over into the lunatic fringe.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
