all-consuming
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There are WhatsApp chats, special apps, YouTube channels, subreddits, Facebook groups, Instagram reels … the chatter, advice, and drama can feel all-consuming.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
She said hobbies such as cooking, sewing and gardening were her generation's "rejection of this hyper-digital world that feels really all-consuming".
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The parallel might come across as grandiose, but coming from Mr. Power it seems to arise from an all-consuming passion for poetry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
They have deep, all-consuming special interests just like autistic boys, but their preferred subjects are often socially mainstream: unicorns, a particular type of doll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Which is to say one interest: a total, all-consuming obsession with Halliday and his Easter egg.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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