madhouse

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The team was undecided on how well Mellencamp’s biggest hits—sepia-tinted odes to small-town America—fit today’s college football madhouse cathedrals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Tim O’Reilly, a media writer in Chicago, says that if he didn’t come to a streaming service with a title already in mind, the search would be a madhouse.

From Salon • May 22, 2025

The kitchen turns into a madhouse with cooks working and waitresses fighting to get their orders out first, all while the floor is flooded with soda.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

Mr Acciardo described the scene as a "madhouse" when first responders arrived.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

Players stood or sat in odd comers, talking to themselves, making curious faces and sudden gestures, for all the world like residents of a madhouse.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood