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Recent Examples of madman
Congress must take a stand against a madman who publicly threatened to kill 93 million people.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
Trump’s aides pointed us to the madman theory, saying that the president’s unpredictability, combined with his genocidal threat to wipe out Iran, had forced the agreement.
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Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
My high school basketball coach was, depending on the day, either a motivational genius or a certified madman.
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Mark Glende,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2026
Maekar refuses, earning a cutting rebuttal from Dunk about the royal upbringing that turned Daeron (Henry Ashton) into a drunken coward and Aerion into an arrogant and cruel madman.
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Megan McCluskey,
Time,
23 Feb. 2026
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
Trump’s aides pointed us to the madman theory, saying that the president’s unpredictability, combined with his genocidal threat to wipe out Iran, had forced the agreement.
—
Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
My high school basketball coach was, depending on the day, either a motivational genius or a certified madman.
—
Mark Glende,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2026
Maekar refuses, earning a cutting rebuttal from Dunk about the royal upbringing that turned Daeron (Henry Ashton) into a drunken coward and Aerion into an arrogant and cruel madman.
—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madman
Noun
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Also called devil's snare, the plant's seeds, roots, stems, and leaves are all dangerous if ingested.
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Beloved baby brother, American [WWII bronze star veteran], husband, father of 4 strong women, [grandpa], adorable scamp, handsome devil, and trickster to the end.
Noun
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My father used a powerful glue to reassemble the cowboy, which twenty-five years later still smelled like orange peels.
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Baby chicks, resplendent in all of their downy softness, were a huge draw, and there was the promise of a cowboy performance with bucking broncos to highlight the rise of the American cowboy.
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madman. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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