paranoia
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Also, how far they’ll push the deep-seated paranoia on which thrillers like this have not only thrived but helped to cultivate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Jones has a history of paranoia and is believe to have made 13 calls to the FBI this year reporting that he was being threatened and intimidated, according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The point is the feeling his creates, the paranoia that the average person is powerless against such dark forces.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
The result in Beijing verged at times towards collective paranoia.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
More paranoia, he chided himself, trudging along the pathway that led from the football field to the gym.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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It’s an uncanny combination of paranoias and legitimate concerns, but it’s undeniably working.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2020
One such illusion is that increasing racial proximity by integrating schools and housing is a good way to break down racial animosities and paranoias.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2020
There is the idea that the dead never do wholly cross, staying on in memory, shaping our projections, paranoias, desires and dreams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2018
But before Toole shelved his novel and succumbed to these final paranoias, he had two years of correspondence with Gottlieb, and considerable encouragement.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2017
I remembered the walls made of grain sacks and ammunition boxes, of my father’s fears and paranoias, his scriptures and prophecies.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Vocabulary lists containing paranoia
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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