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madman

[mad-man, -muhn] / ˈmædˌmæn, -mən /


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“I knew the second that I poked my head up from my exile, I was probably going to be met by some madman charging at me with an ax,” Nuzzi said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Bob Gale, must have been as much of a madman savant as Christopher Lloyd’s Doc Brown to compress so much plot into every frame.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

"Bibi acted like a madman," a White House official told the news website Axios.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

But heavy metal’s favorite madman leaves us with his reminder that “You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll.”

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025

It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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