hooked

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What also keeps traders hooked is Hyperliquid’s sleek, user-friendly interface, its wide selection of tradable assets and a strong sense of community that binds its user base together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Google recently hooked up with Blackstone to create a joint venture that will specialize in renting TPUs out in the cloud.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Financial products have been increasingly adding gamelike features that create competition or instant gratification to keep users hooked — and the latest example is a prepaid debit card with a “buy-now-pay-maybe” feature.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

That was a thing that really hooked me, made me want to audition and made me excited to get this part was that I was like, “I can’t get a grasp on her.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

He had thought he might have something wrong with his heart, and had spent half a day hooked up to an EKG machine.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis