derangement

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Recent Examples of derangement The film depicts the radical derangements of power, and the kinds of enlightenment that may hold out hope (however sentimental that notion may be), even if somewhere in the distance. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025 The great derangement The Indian government has ignored numerous pleas to reconsider and abandon the project and instead moved to change the facts on the ground. M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025 Tourism is a wonderful spectacle of mass derangement. Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025 His style is Olympian on the surface, the ironic detachment of his pictures casting a cold, curious eye at humanity’s follies and derangements. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derangement
Noun
  • The 83-year-old man’s family believes Theo is suffering from the beginning stages of undiagnosed dementia, according to WTVR.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • People between 50 and 60 years old who got six hours of sleep nightly had a higher risk of dementia later in life, while older adults who didn't sleep well at night, but napped often, had a greater risk of dying within the next five years.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Not on the same scale, but some of the more overheated meme-like stocks have been punctured without much apparent disruption to the large-cap core of the market.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Not since 69 has a number caused this much disruption.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ed brings great depth and heart to the man in charge of safety for this massive jump, an island of reason in a sea of insanity.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • At trial, Crawford's attorneys acknowledged his guilt to lay the groundwork for an insanity defense, even though that's not how Crawford wanted to handle the case, according to reporting by the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cornell would arrive at the scene of these disturbances in a suit and tie, carrying a bag containing notepads, tape recorders, cameras and, on occasion, other, homemade instruments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The works, which were still under video surveillance, sat unopened all weekend, with no unusual disturbances recorded.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As fear and prejudice take hold, Lidia and her family must navigate the growing hysteria surrounding queerness, disease and desire in a deeply patriarchal society.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Like a faulty fire hydrant, or a vacuum cleaner whizzing up and down with the uncontrollable hysteria of a feral raccoon, our directive was to suck up as many clicks as possible through every angle imaginable.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Orphan Master’s Son, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2013, follows a North Korean man struggling to survive amid the cruelty and madness of a modern totalitarian regime.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • No orgies, no drug madness, no trouble with the law.
    Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Watch the interview on YouTube and the clip about managing his schizophrenia below.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Ellis has a history of schizophrenia, and her defense attorneys entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, WKYC reported.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Permafrost - or ground that is frozen year-round - underpins many of these villages and is thawing, leading to rapid erosion and instability.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Alas, Israel has not pulled the trigger there, either, likely due in part to geopolitical instability — the MDSC would require construction in the West Bank.
    Big Think, Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025

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