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Recent Examples of madman
But there’s still something delectable about Guillermo del Toro, a director who is both a visionary and a genre classicist, returning to the original horror novel, the tale of monsters and madmen that gave birth to all subsequent tales of monsters and madmen.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
For almost a decade now, the madman Chris Vannini has been re-ranking all of FBS each week, all season long.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 22 Aug. 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
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
For almost a decade now, the madman Chris Vannini has been re-ranking all of FBS each week, all season long.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 22 Aug. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madman
Noun
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At that moment, there was no scene involving a devil, but that quickly changed.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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But this is no case study in the evils of devil-worshipping musicians.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Blackhawks were torn on whether to take the cowboy defenseman or the flashy forward with the second overall pick in the 2024 draft, and ultimately settled on Levshunov.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, shortly after the 2016 historical drama Hidden Figures — in which Costner played neither a cowboy nor a water-faring mutant but a NASA scientist — the actor landed that rarest of opportunities in Hollywood, a shot at redemption.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madman. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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