compulsion

And the modern compulsion to text cheeky little jokes alluding to the scheme, once again, claims new victims.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

None of these people is real, but the irritations they represent – NIMBYism, narcissism and the compulsion to destroy others to build ourselves up – are quite familiar.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

But now, he is trying a 12-session course of private therapy to try to curb this compulsion, which he believes is driven by loneliness.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Roberts has been working with Saar for 15 years and it’s because of Saar’s meticulous compulsion to keep and collect that she feels like there is still more to learn and share about the artist.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

She seemed to understand the compulsion that started him on each long, fruitless journey with new hope.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

Like Maddie, she can easily cloak compulsions under the blanket of modern body positivity.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

But his chronicle of that heist expands into a saga of psychological suspense spanning nearly two decades and following half a dozen characters whose lives are twisted into grotesque shapes by their addictive compulsions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

The category encompasses post-traumatic stress disorder and phobias or compulsions that result in “marked difficulties” with working or living in society.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

Sinead Quinn, from Londonderry, said binge eating compulsions had made her "a prisoner in her own home, afraid of food and afraid of herself".

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

Eventually, though, I realized these inclinations, these compulsions, were as much a part of the body as its eye color or its voice.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan