junkie
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The upshot of “The Next Movement” is that this critic is not a dance junkie, per se.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
I am a news junkie, so I usually watch whatever is on the news before I go to bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Hill Insider will be aimed at the political junkie who wants to go deeper on polling data and hear longer, in-depth discussion on issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
“If you throw yourself into danger for no reason again, you will have become nothing more than a Dauntless adrenaline junkie looking for a hit, and I’m not going to help you do it.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Everything from diabetes to schizophrenia, he claims, is caused by Americans being junk food junkies.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
Asking college students why they bet on sports is like asking adrenaline junkies why they jump out of airplanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
The movie ultimately treats us like adrenaline junkies, assuming we lack curiosity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 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
“The object of attention. Nicole. Gossip junkies love the chase. End that, you end the story.”
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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