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obsess

[uhb-ses] / əbˈsɛs /


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"The last thing I want is for people to obsess about the cancer thing," the actor said, "because I'm not really interested in cancer, I'm not really interested in anything other than living."

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Both factions obsess over AI risks, and both prefer technical solutions and quiet influence over AI companies to street protests.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Edgelords, of course, are too nonchalant to obsess.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

“You don’t have to obsess about the war as you might if in other energy sectors,” he says.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

“You obsess, Henry,” she said, her hand still trembling.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Alongside scenes where Guardiola obsesses over tactics, there are many where he gives candid speeches and berates his team.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Instead, the Harvard Business School alum talks like a real-life LinkedIn post and obsesses over how many seconds it takes to serve customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

And while America obsesses over building smarter models, China simply deploys imperfect AI anyway.

From MarketWatch Nov. 3, 2025

“The Brutalist” is an event movie made for anyone who obsesses over their Letterboxd account.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2024

There were lots of politics in Republican Rome, and you may say none in the empire; so we make for the pettiness that obsesses us, and ignore the greatness whose effects are felt yet.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris

A dispatch from the Survivor cruise: Why are people still so obsessed with America’s most successful reality show 50 seasons in?

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

Published in 1977, this Colombian cult classic novel about a young woman in Cali who becomes obsessed with salsa is a thrilling portrait of a city’s musical obsession.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

"He's very clever. He's very tactical. He's obsessed with football, you can see that," said Maddison.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

And then you become obsessed with sitting with better posture.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

He’d become obsessed with the famous TV detective.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

“It’s what all of Elle’s friends would be obsessing over in L.A.,” she adds, “but it’s also a bridge to the Seattle kids. It’s not straight-up pop or straight-up rock.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

He compared autonomy to the development of Microsoft Word -- concentrating on swarms was like obsessing over the button that makes text italic, instead of the whole programme.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

Men are now joining women in obsessing over trimester zero, a coinage referring to the months leading up to conception.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

I would rather spend it figuring out how to enjoy adding something in than obsessing over what I need to cut out.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Their hunger made everyone start obsessing about food.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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