lunatic
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"The city is going to bear the scars of this lunatic for a really long time."
From Barron's • May 15, 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
“A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the president gave an appropriate and unambiguous response,” said Steven Cheung, White House communications director.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
He is her world, her heart’s blood, her pulse, and if anything ever happened to him they might as well stick her in the lunatic asylum and throw away the key.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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