addiction
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Many tumors exhibit what scientists call "glutamine addiction," meaning they depend heavily on this nutrient.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
Kershaw, who had a take home pay of £1,400 a month, claimed to have a "compulsive shopping addiction", and give money to beggars, as well as pay household bills.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
“Mahjong is an addiction, I tell you. An addiction,” said Liz Busch, 42, a Greenwich, Conn., instructor who’s booked out for the next six weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“You can get that dopamine hit so much quicker and so much more often,” said Fields, who specializes in addiction psychology and biology.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
These days, the habit has become an addiction: we are hooked on living; the tenacity of its grip on us, and ours on it, grows in intensity.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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