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maniacal

[muh-nahy-uh-kuhl] / məˈnaɪ ə kəl /
ADJECTIVE
insane
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He also put a maniacal focus on Apple’s supply chain, owing to his prior stint as the company’s chief operating officer.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

We should only expect more maniacal threats as time goes on.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

At the Milan Cortina Games, a maniacal Norwegian named Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has turned the quiet world of Nordic skiing on its head with a frenetic sprinting technique that he concocted with his grandfather.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

O’Leary, who is maniacal about keeping costs down, didn’t want to add Starlink because of the fuel penalty.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Most of his shows were hilarious, others so dark that they sounded maniacal, and he had a studied laugh, not quite a cackle—more a pseudo chuckle—that made him sound deranged.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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