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Recent Examples of madman
Praying with your feet means to move, to advance, to take, literally, steps to make sure innocents are not gunned down in church or school by a madman.
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
An accident that’s been waiting to happen since 2003: the sound of Radiohead onstage, five madmen attacking the Hail to the Thief songbook.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were madmen marching the United States toward nuclear war.
—Isaac Schorr, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The incident became part of the over-the-top tableau of the madman’s career: biting the head off a live bat (true), biting the head off a live dove (also true), tossing a 50-inch TV out a hotel window (obviously true).
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
An accident that’s been waiting to happen since 2003: the sound of Radiohead onstage, five madmen attacking the Hail to the Thief songbook.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were madmen marching the United States toward nuclear war.
—Isaac Schorr, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The incident became part of the over-the-top tableau of the madman’s career: biting the head off a live bat (true), biting the head off a live dove (also true), tossing a 50-inch TV out a hotel window (obviously true).
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madman
Noun
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Nobody wants to deal with our old devil, even if the new one comes with an encroaching open threat actively bubbling in the Caribbean and Latin America at large.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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But Bourdain, with his devil-be-damned demeanor, somehow makes the dish feel approachable — even though the two chefs’ recipes are pretty similar.—
Gretchen McKay,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Two hundred cowboys led the parade, all of whom worked for the Kansas City Stockyards.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Tapping into this 2025 obsession, Miron Crosby, a leader in fashion-forward cowboy boots, has teamed up with luxury label Carolina Herrera on a two-boot collection that honors both the cowboy and the sophisticate inside of you.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madman. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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