neurotic
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Germany is uniquely neurotic about debt and about unsound money.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
In “Greenberg,” Ben Stiller’s title character is a cantankerous and neurotic New Yorker who has fled west after a nervous breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
And while Jerry’s perfectionism had a toll on their creative process, it also fueled it, making way for more neurotic characters that Anne could play straight against.
From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025
She won the Academy Award for best actress for 1977’s “Annie Hall,” in which she plays the neurotic titular heroine written by her former partner Woody Allen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
Settling into his niche as a miracle worker for tough and neurotic horses, Pollard earned assignments on nearly three hundred mounts and guided them to more than $20,000 in total purse earnings.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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