maniacally
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“I don’t think we have the luxury of picking just one and staying maniacally focused on it because it could be that you pick the wrong one and then you’re making bad decisions,” Hammack said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Game 3 was a one-sided clunker, but Game 1, Game 2 and Game 4 all went to sudden-death OT —hockey’s equivalent of dangling you over a bridge by your shoelaces while laughing maniacally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2025
"Next to the vomiting, gurning, maniacally grinning Keaton, she can’t help but seem a little bland and strait-laced."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024
Nearly three decades after being the maniacally driven quarterback who wasn’t afraid to square up with his defensive teammate, Harbaugh is bringing the same fire to the franchise as its head coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
I laughed maniacally for ten minutes at this irony: that having sacrificed my family to my education, I might lose that, also.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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