infatuation

In his opening address on Monday, prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC described how Lamarre-Condon had developed an "obsessive and jealous infatuation" with Baird after a brief romantic relationship.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

For him, the data centre project is born of "infatuation with all things digital" and "developing AI at breakneck speed in all directions".

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Admittedly, Hollywood’s infatuation with the festival has ebbed and flowed over the years, but 2026 seems like a rare outlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

But it’s been 3½ years since ChatGPT’s release and public infatuation might soon peak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

In his last two years at Duke, for all his early infatuation with the social life and trappings of wealth, Farmer quit his fraternity and began concentrating on his studies.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

His late ’90s breakthrough in the triple-hitter lineup of “Halloween: H20,” “The Faculty” and “The Virgin Suicides” catapulted him to international fame practically overnight, cementing his place alongside the era’s Tiger Beat celebrity infatuations.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

She didn’t invent the idea of catchy songs about infatuations and breakups where the protagonist’s experience can be mapped to a singer’s life, but she perfected it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Justine Wewers, a high school geography teacher in Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin district, said she has seen a wearying number of student infatuations over the years, including video games, “Uno” and fidget spinners.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023

Another common refrain is that 2022 will be a year riddled with distractions, infatuations and flights of fancy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

Occasionally one of her infatuations would culminate in a lunch or coffee date, an encounter on which she would pin all her hopes but which would lead to nothing.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri