paranoia
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But the episode has "created a big paranoia in trusting any companies that are in charge of travel bookings," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
On June 9, he’s launching “Tea & Scotch” on YouTube, which delves into more observational comedy subjects such as ghost-seeing cats, AI paranoia and parenting a teenager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
“Eddington” took on pandemic paranoia and our fraying connection to reality.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
It may be that I was a bit paranoid, given my secret mission, but paranoia was nothing foreign to B-block.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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
We study the mechanics of crime not to fan our paranoias, but, rather, to defuse them—to tether our imaginations to facts.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2015
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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