berserk
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In early 2025 on BlueSky, coldForce chose an avatar plucked from the anime series “Gintama”: the heroine Kagura in her berserk state, insane with rage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
Safdie bookmarked Manley in his mind after seeing the fellow New York Knicks fan making berserk remarks about basketball in a viral video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Mr Wright asked why his "large and vocal" dog, which would surely have gone "berserk" if anyone entered his yard and took a vehicle, did not bark and wake him.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
His rhetoric against our neighbor to the north has been simply berserk.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2025
“And last—if it helps any, just think of me as a very crazy fellow who went berserk one summer day and never was right again. It’ll be a little easier on you that way.”
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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