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He pursued these goals with monomaniacal intensity: “Anything outside of that was a distraction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Even his grief is smothered by his monomaniacal need for closure: “This is not about revenge,” he will tell Kadafi, pinning a campaign button on his lapel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025

Cielo, played by Ramírez with devastating composure, proceeds from panic to terror to monomaniacal determination.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

From the legend of King Midas to the story of the magic porridge pot that would not stop, children for centuries have absorbed the lesson that monomaniacal wishes are best left unfulfilled.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022

All I wanted was to satisfy myself that I was free from a monomaniacal illusion.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay