infatuation

And I’m newly humble about my vulnerability to the kind of AI infatuation and isolation that has appeared in all-too-many tragic headlines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

The premium could be worth it as long as AI infatuation continues.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2025

By then, my curiosity had become full-blown infatuation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

I have certainly observed, in my own children, the younger generation’s infatuation with products that became obsolete just as they were born: the rotary dial phone, the disposable camera, the network sitcom.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

Fingers and strings made a careful conversation, as if their dance described the lines of an infatuation.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The chapters are arranged like the bayts, or couplets, of a ghazal, and they describe a succession of infatuations, some romantic and some purely poetic, as in the odes to the 14th-century Persian lyricist Hafez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Justine Wewers, a high school geography teacher in Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin district, said she has seen a wearying number of student infatuations over the years, including video games, “Uno” and fidget spinners.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023

All my pet infatuations — visual art, trash culture, ephemera, kitsch, history — were there to ogle, well lit and attractively photographed.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

Another common refrain is that 2022 will be a year riddled with distractions, infatuations and flights of fancy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

They were person-specific infatuations — Brian Levithan’s wicked sense of humor was every bit as sexy as Valerie Martinez’s sweet smile and amazing krunk routines.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray