deranged
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Mr. Bennett is potty about footie, and like all mildly deranged fans of the Beautiful Game he sees it as transcending the boundaries of mere sport.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The senator from Oklahoma also distanced himself from remarks he made at the time in which he called one of the Americans slain in Minneapolis a "deranged individual."
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Hemming said: "He absolutely flipped into a deranged state."
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
As we entered the new century and American office culture began to shift away from the stifling beige bureaucracy pinpointed in Dilbert, Adams’ online antics grew increasingly deranged.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
“Everyone wants to laugh in my face. They call me a deranged old gerbil who lives under the hill. I’m not even under a hill; I’m at the very base of it.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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