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get hooked

VERB
bite
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One afternoon halfway through the week, I realized why people get hooked on these.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

A question by jurors in a landmark social media addiction trial on Friday signaled Meta or YouTube may have to pay for letting a girl get hooked onto their platforms.

From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026

It’s a Sheridan, “Landman” kind of TV world, and a lot of powerful people hope we’ll get hooked on how messily it unfolds.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

"I did get hooked on apples for a while," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025

He was starting to get hooked on the idea.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon


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