maniac
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“I have been just rehabbing like a maniac, sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber, red lighting my way back.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Walking and typing is dangerous, but walking and talking like a maniac into my own recorder is merely antisocial.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
“And I’m not some crazed maniac set out to destroy this nation.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
But at night, during the annual festivals, he dances like a maniac and whips people with olive branches.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2023
No more would sparrows have to live under the claw of an unpredictable maniac.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Along with driving like maniacs, F1 is much about branding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
When you see people driving like maniacs, it’s generally not folks in my age group on their way to bridge, or golf, or to pick up the grandkids from school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2024
"And it caused a speedup, having these guys work like maniacs."
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2023
“Even maniacs and serial killers serving life sentences have the right to receive a visit, but I don’t,” the Russian opposition leader wrote on Twitter.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
King and Aunt Sophie holding the sign, waiting to lift it into the air and scream like maniacs.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
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