nut case
Example Sentences
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One analyst speculates that someone wanted a nut case loose in the agency, but Hezroni never follows up on this notion, and the question is left dangling.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2018
Perhaps it takes a little bit of a nut case to challenge Beijing, going so far as to seize Chinese fishing boats poaching in Indonesian waters.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2018
No question that the playwright-director also brings a fond, ruthless vigor to portrays Spector as a nut case.
From Time ● Mar. 21, 2013
It's not just the nut case in "Crazytown."
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2012
As one observer notes, "Nobody knows just what's goin' on, except there's a nut case leading a heavily armed strike force loose in California."
From Time Magazine Archive
