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It threatens to become an all-consuming task for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The much harder work is getting out of survival mode — the all-consuming pressures of eternal presentism and perpetual crisis — and into a mode and discipline of building what comes after.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

Teaching is an "all-consuming role", she says, and the behavioural issues she has to handle in the classroom can take an emotional toll - which she sometimes struggles to leave at the school gates.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Part of my problem is that national events are so all-consuming and fast-moving that it’s hard to worry about potholes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

Jefferson had the all-consuming duties of the presidency, then two major retirement projects—the completion of his architectural renovations of Monticello and the creation of the University of Virginia.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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