mad
Example Sentences
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“You can’t let a madman or you can’t let a mad ideology have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
"We're caught between three mad powers, and war is terrifying," the 46-year-old dentist told AFP journalists outside Iran.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
“He can’t be mad at dad for not being like mom even if that was his unconscious wish.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
And other times you'd be on fire and playing really well and he'd come in and go mad over one little thing, just to keep you on your toes.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
Mama got kind of mad when I said that.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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