maniacally

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While the quote is accurate, the image of Schumer maniacally grinning as he says it is completely fabricated.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

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

But now and then, one of those demons sneaks into the outside world, plants a red flag and screams out maniacally, “Dwaaaagaahaha!”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

In a five-star review, the Guardian said it was "beautiful, brilliant and maniacally unmissable".

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

Suddenly he falls into a Capitol accent as he mimics Effie Trinket, the maniacally upbeat woman who arrives once a year to read out the names at the leaping.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins