paranoia
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All of them would later influence “Leviticus”’ visceral atmosphere of romance, paranoia and dread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Eddington” took on pandemic paranoia and our fraying connection to reality.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
But now it seems that a very contemporary and more personal issue could be gnawing at Timesfolk and driving them to the brink of paranoia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
The result in Beijing verged at times towards collective paranoia.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Nearly all defectors arrive at Hanawon showing clinical symptoms of paranoia.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
He described the car as a “mobile fortress” and paints an exceedingly dour view of a desolate city center disconnected from suburbs rife with paranoias about security.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
It’s an uncanny combination of paranoias and legitimate concerns, but it’s undeniably working.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2020
YG’s present-day concerns and paranoias revitalized the heavy legacy of West Coast hip-hop, and the album became a contemporary classic, if there can be such a thing.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
For the few specialists who have looked closely, targeted individuals represent an alarming development in the history of mental illness: thousands of sick people, banded together and demanding recognition on the basis of shared paranoias.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2016
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
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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