junkie
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Investors and industry executives have spent years asking what Roberts, known as a deal junkie, would do next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
But anyone who has followed the man’s career knows he’s a performance junkie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
“And what I meant by that was, he didn’t have all the hype but he was a football junkie, he had a passion for the game.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
As a massage junkie, I prefer the warmth and responsiveness of human touch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
My normally harried, rushed mother always turns into a strung-out retail junkie just before Turkey Day.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The most important thing political junkies might need this week is patience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
But when it was bought by Expedia and shut down in 2017, travel junkies went looking for a suitable replacement and couldn’t find one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
It could have been for any other market research exercise, for washing powder or water bills, rather than anything to do with Westminster - so it wasn't a gathering of political junkies.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025
"Democracy" is a word that may sound soaring to political junkies, but feels bureaucratic and frankly bloodless to many others.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
“The object of attention. Nicole. Gossip junkies love the chase. End that, you end the story.”
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
