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sane

[seyn] / seɪn /


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A public interest firm willing to carry the case without charge, because no sane person spends airplane money in legal fees to recover an airplane.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

What kept them sane was talking among themselves about memories of their past lives, Rumyantsev recalled.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

Lindsay Foreman says she is keeping sane by reading, doing laps of the prison yard and, when she can, practising yoga.

From BBC May 1, 2026

So we’ve curated a handful of free wellness activities for the month of May to keep you stretched, sane and grounded.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

Dr. Pickett himself was a pioneer in the field of working out sane methods of insect control that take full advantage of the predatory and parasitic species.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Before long the two young servants, superior to and saner in every way than their self-absorbed and snobbish employers, are chastely courting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Before her faceoff with Trump, Kelly was known as one of the saner, smarter voices at Fox News—a notable if not breathtaking accomplishment.

From Slate May 6, 2026

Alouette’s attempts to reclaim her work result in her consignment to Salpetrière, a much-dreaded place for the mentally afflicted, where the cruel guards may or may not be saner than the inmates.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

A saner, scientific view hails the eye as the second most complex organ in our bodies.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2025

Kids traveled from all over the city, north, east, and west, leaving behind their neighborhood skirmishes for a school they hoped might be a little safer, a little saner than the one closer to home.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

Lewis: What’s so funny is that Natalie’s actually maybe the sanest one.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2023

“The sanest way forward — you have to learn how to split yourself up into other selves, like an earthworm,” her mentor advised her years earlier, when she was about to graduate.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2022

“Having a therapist has taught me to be less cruel to myself. It’s not like therapy has made me the world’s sanest person; it’s just made me slightly less insane.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 14, 2021

We can look at all of this and hope that our sanest elected officials will use their power to make life better for the whole realm.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2021

My mother’s sanest position is to wear only the necessary parts of the outfit and leave off the rest.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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