mad
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He was mad then and he’s still mad now.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Everyone’s gone mad for the capybara,” Paddick says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“When I think of how he’s being treated by elected leaders now, I think he would be so mad and disappointed because he had so much passion for this community,” Jennifer Aust said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
"If you stick a teenager in an isolated room all day not doing anything, they're gonna just end up getting mad."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
He had been driven mad by his magic, yet he couldn’t stop.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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"I'm mad about the price, but I'm even madder about why it's so high," the 28-year-old told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
You can't be any madder at us than I am...
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
She grows a dye garden of rarer plants like indigo and madder, along with marigold flowers, sunflower seeds and mushrooms.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Even madder than our list of the best TV shows on Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
April sat there fuming for a few minutes, getting madder and madder at Ken.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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She called it "the maddest experience. It was just really exciting".
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
Among those: a sticker bearing the “Why not us?” mantra defining the maddest of March moments here in decades.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
In one of the maddest storylines of March, Monson’s team did not go quietly in what was supposed to be his final week on the job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
In this maddest of Marches, it’s the first time since seeding began in 1979 that no team seeded better than No. 4 made the Final Four.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 26, 2023
The thing that makes me maddest of all, that makes me feel like I swallowed a frog, is how right he is.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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Take such a word as “madded”—“the madded land”; there indeed is a word created for the noble rage, as the eighteenth century understood it.
From Hearts of Controversy by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight It would have madded me: what shall I do Now I behold thy lively body so?
From The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare, William
That madded Josiah and he said they kep’ it back because they wuz clost and wanted to save.
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
This curs'd old Thief, no doubt, will give us Trouble, Provok'd and madded at his cool Reception.
From Ponteach The Savages of America by Moses, Montrose Jonas
To think of it madded me, because Mr. Fonda had three wealthy sons living near him, who could care for him properly with their ample means and all their servants and slaves.
From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Clustered barnacle-like at the end of a glorious arc of sand, Beadnell, along with the neighbouring villages of Bamburgh and Seahouses, has long been a magnet for those seeking refuge from the madding crowd.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Far from the madding crowd, not to mention from the alluring presence of his MI6 handler and former lover, Faith Green, Gabriel works away in his cottage on a travel book about the world’s rivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
This is a crowded sports market, even with the Sonics gone for a decade and a half, and standing out from the madding crowd isn’t easy.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
The madding crowd functions differently on this volcanic island, with vistas so jaw-droppingly picturesque, they’re frequently punctuated by social media influencers and soon-to-be brides and grooms, along with their attendant photographers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
It was exactly the madding crowd that Bobby wished would stay afar.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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