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as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman
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Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman are mismatched detectives on the hunt for a madman enacting crimes in the style of the seven deadly sins.
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Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Congress must take a stand against a madman who publicly threatened to kill 93 million people.
—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 Lover, the Rabbi unfolds in short chapters, with a rhapsodic, repetitive voice that echoes the work of the 20th-century Austrian madman Thomas Bernhard.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Congress must take a stand against a madman who publicly threatened to kill 93 million people.
—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 Lover, the Rabbi unfolds in short chapters, with a rhapsodic, repetitive voice that echoes the work of the 20th-century Austrian madman Thomas Bernhard.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madman. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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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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