maniac
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Walking and typing is dangerous, but walking and talking like a maniac into my own recorder is merely antisocial.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
I was expecting Rob Lowe to be some maniac.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2024
In a subsequent interview with The Times, Pilatus admitted the claims were true.”We are true singers, but that maniac Frank Farian would never allow us to express ourselves,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
“And I’m not some crazed maniac set out to destroy this nation.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
I was remembering where we had first heard this maniac sound.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
As an ordinary man thrust into a world of monsters and maniacs, Neill is inherently playing with ideas about art and celebrity that reflect his own career.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Along with driving like maniacs, F1 is much about branding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
“Even maniacs and serial killers serving life sentences have the right to receive a visit, but I don’t,” Mr. Navalny wrote on Twitter.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
"No visits are allowed there. This means more than a year without a visit. Even maniacs and serial killers serving life sentences have the right to receive a visit, but I don’t."
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2023
My teammates are pogoing around like maniacs, so excited to be giving me this gift.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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