manic
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Experts say bipolar II is even harder to diagnose because it involves more frequent depressions and the manic episodes are not as severe, which is why they are dubbed hypomania.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The lead single from her second album, That Day, was a free-verse stream-of-consciousness that sounded like a manic inner monologue.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Wall Street is betting on Fed Chair Kevin Warsh to keep a manic bond market from unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Washington’s manic quarantining of cruise-ship passengers, its restricting of foreign entry, probably did next to nothing to slow spread until a vaccine and the less-virulent omicron variants arrived, which took a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Peter was a manic ball of energy and would walk around praising a well-executed attack or correcting a failed attempt to score.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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