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obsess

[uhb-ses] / əbˈsɛs /


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"The last thing I want is for people to obsess about the cancer thing," the actor said, "because I'm not really interested in cancer, I'm not really interested in anything other than living."

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Edgelords, of course, are too nonchalant to obsess.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

“You don’t have to obsess about the war as you might if in other energy sectors,” he says.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Too often, they write, we obsess over making ourselves more appealing to others — or more “lovable” — when we should be striving for stronger communication.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

That's why people grow weary of listening to Dumpees obsess over their troubles: getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Instead, the Harvard Business School alum talks like a real-life LinkedIn post and obsesses over how many seconds it takes to serve customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

And while America obsesses over building smarter models, China simply deploys imperfect AI anyway.

From MarketWatch Nov. 3, 2025

Through his cousin Sony, who resides in a nearby halfway house and obsesses about the Civil War, Hai is hired by Home Market, where he scrubs counters and toilets and works the cash register.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2025

Some fans of it identify with a “patriot” movement that obsesses over the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution, he said.

From Seattle Times May 23, 2024

The pain-thought so obsesses the mind that the state of painlessness seems too remote even to contemplate.

From The Practice of Autosuggestion by Emile Coué

The market is obsessed with how much Big Tech is spending on AI.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Frustrated with an industry they viewed as wasteful, exclusionary and obsessed with consumption, the pair wanted a name that reflected their criticism of it.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

“Brutal and oblivious to the administrative needs of an empire,” Commodus was obsessed with gladiatorial combat, declaring himself “Hercules on Earth.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

To understand peptide mania, he said, you need to understand that wellness has become profoundly obsessed with masculinity.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

She married him after a short courtship but soon realized that her husband was obsessed with wealth and fame.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

“It’s what all of Elle’s friends would be obsessing over in L.A.,” she adds, “but it’s also a bridge to the Seattle kids. It’s not straight-up pop or straight-up rock.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

He compared autonomy to the development of Microsoft Word -- concentrating on swarms was like obsessing over the button that makes text italic, instead of the whole programme.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

The only thing standing in their way is the opponent that Team USA has spent a year obsessing over: Canada, the sport’s ultimate powerhouse and the Americans’ fiercest rival.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

I would rather spend it figuring out how to enjoy adding something in than obsessing over what I need to cut out.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Maybe I was one of those hypochondriacs, obsessing over Fig’s health.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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