madman
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Supporters love the "madman theory" for its ability to keep opponents off guard and pull off previously unthinkable achievements.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
“You can’t let a madman or you can’t let a mad ideology have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
But heavy metal’s favorite madman leaves us with his reminder that “You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll.”
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2025
The real fault should be assigned to the people who gave this madman a platform from which to spout his nutso rants.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2014
Abraham Lincoln had been senselessly slain by the hand of a madman, and Jethro Creighton, with all the people of his time, had suffered an irreparable loss.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
It’s another thing to go elbow to elbow with a group of elite madmen barreling down an Alpine pass at 50 miles per hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Yohji is one of fashion’s great madmen and I wanted to take the trousers to someone who would look at it as a job and not a bizarre art piece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
Things got pretty weird on the food scene, too, with the R&D labs for the nation’s fast-food chains seemingly overtaken by Frankensteinian madmen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
There are few more efficient ways to unleash the demons, madmen, and ghosts hidden in the darkest crevices of the human psyche than to inject anxiety into our imaginations.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022
So after dinner the dads are in the front parlor with the French doors closed, leaning over a big round table, each scribbling away on pads of yellow paper, spinning out theories like madmen.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
