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a celebrity being stalked by a madman
as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman
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He’s written 16 books and is currently writing at a madman pace of one book per year.
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Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Hollywood or Bust was directed by ’50s madman Frank Tashlin, whose comedies were like ebullient clashing plaids.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Something long and meandering like this: For the next four years, the United States will be an unpredictable, unsteady global superpower run by a fascist oligarchy, in which the people’s representatives cater to a madman’s whim.
—Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
There’s also Anthony Perkins as a madman in a preacher’s robe who is obsessed with China Blue.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Hollywood or Bust was directed by ’50s madman Frank Tashlin, whose comedies were like ebullient clashing plaids.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Something long and meandering like this: For the next four years, the United States will be an unpredictable, unsteady global superpower run by a fascist oligarchy, in which the people’s representatives cater to a madman’s whim.
—Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
There’s also Anthony Perkins as a madman in a preacher’s robe who is obsessed with China Blue.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madman. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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madman
noun
mad·man
ˈmad-ˌman 
-mən
: a man who is or who acts as if mentally unsound
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