obsession
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On top of that, the cultural obsession with efficiency doesn’t align with a diet that views cooking as a nourishing daily ritual.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
The good doctor exercised his Fifth Amendment rights in response to most questions, correctly pointing out that Paul has an “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution.”
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Despite his love of animals and a high school obsession with making Super 8 film, Goode was not, for much of his life, a likely candidate to be directing these documentaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
And as water filtration has become an obsession of the rich, the brand’s stainless-steel process has helped it market the bottles—where at some stores they cost nearly $6—to an upscale clientele.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Burry had no real money to invest, but he nevertheless dragged his obsession along with him through high school, college, and medical school.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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His best work tunneled into life’s darkest spaces to excavate ideas about our fears and obsessions, often reflected through dazzling practical effects that matched the naturalism of his greatest feature: a singularly expressive, malleable face.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
In “The Dreamy Side,” Molina traces the roots of these cross-cultural musical obsessions to the early R&B scene in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
That said, I share both these writers’ enthusiasms and obsessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
None of these three big investor obsessions is having a meaningful positive impact on Tesla’s financials.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
That line from Freaks and Geeks, one of Lydia’s obsessions, had been a running joke with them ever since Lydia had made Travis and Dill watch every episode in a single day.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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Vocabulary from an excerpt from "Confessions of a 30-Year-Old Gamer," by Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates
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