addict
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One recovering gambling addict who now volunteers for a gambling support helpline said people seeking help for addiction to prize draws and competitions was "definitely on the increase".
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
There’s one antiprinciple to this: Do not invest in companies that intentionally try to addict their customers to spend more time, attention and money on them, to the detriment of those customers’ flourishing.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026
Mosseri, the Meta executive tasked with running Instagram, testified that the app wasn’t “clinically” addictive, and Zuckerberg said his company’s goal was to give users something useful, not addict them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
But lawyers for Kaley G.M. chose a different battlefield: the design of the platforms themselves, which they argued were engineered to trap and addict young users.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Kochu Maria hadn’t yet made her acquaintance with the television addict waiting inside her.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
She often accompanies a group of nuns from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, where they deliver food and clothes to the homeless and drug addicts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
In the two weeks since the summit, news outlets have been dutifully publishing articles that draw on facts and medical expertise, explaining that Kennedy is wrong to compare people who use SSRIs to heroin addicts.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
Elsewhere, ERA said video was the most popular form of home entertainment, with cinephiles and telly addicts spending more than £5bn on streaming services, movie rentals and DVDs.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025
If we’re doing a second game for the day, my friends the Chiklises are also huge sports addicts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2024
But no one is acknowledging what at least is clear, that someone took a little trouble with this one, that it’s not a drive-by situation, it’s not the work of vandals or addicts.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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