obsession

For Ravika, checking her fitness tracker stats became an "obsession"

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Mr. Smil argues that we ought to abandon our obsession with speed as a good in itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The source further alleged, “The truth is that Pitt’s ego and obsession for control got in the way. Brad refused to work with Stoli simply because Angie chose them, not him.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

While the Pokémon obsession has taken over Neto’s Netflix account and his Nintendo Switch, lucky Pikachu came about two weeks after that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

This small world of investors who made big bets against subprime mortgage bonds itself contained an even smaller world: people for whom the trade became an obsession.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

This time the obsessions had the opposite effect.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Though their obsessions with moisturizers and eyebrow grooming seem pretty girlie to someone of my generation, looksmaxxing is rooted in objectification.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

None of these three big investor obsessions is having a meaningful positive impact on Tesla’s financials.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

“Jim always wanted everyone to share his obsessions, to love the same things he loved. I think this contest is his way of giving the entire world an incentive to do just that.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline