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obsess

[uhb-ses] / əbˈsɛs /


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The investment implication of this new research is that long-term investors need not obsess about demographic projections when picking countries in which to invest.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

The number of eggs you have stored can become another health metric to obsess over.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

I’m trying my best to not obsess over that stuff as much anymore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

When Weinberg talks about fly fishing, he speaks of it less as a single hobby than a constellation of interests, where each angler finds their own corner to obsess over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

And if I do, I obsess in such a precise way as to prevent even a drop of disorder.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Alongside scenes where Guardiola obsesses over tactics, there are many where he gives candid speeches and berates his team.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

Which means stock prices themselves — the thing everyone obsesses over — contribute about as much to your wealth as the participation trophy you got in Little League.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025

The opportunity to explore this case where justice was never served is something that intrigues and obsesses me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024

For now his uneasiness was verging on that species of superstitious inquietude which at times obsesses all gamblers, and which is known as a “hunch.”

From The Dark Star by William Dodge Stevens

So, how has an island perched off Australia's northern tip become so obsessed with the sport?

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

In an era obsessed with the relentless pursuit of power, only one team hit fewer home runs than the Brewers this season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

I’m obsessed with them all, both as a model for my future self and also the person I’d like to be right now—effortless, serene, perfect.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

David Chase is obsessed with “The Twilight Zone.”

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

She knew that Japanese were obsessed with the way everything was temporary, the way everything was always changing.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

Investors have spent months obsessing over Treasury yields.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

We will stop obsessing over money and fighting over resources and instead organize our society around generosity and kindness.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

That’s not to say that these two enemies have stopped obsessing over each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

“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

I preferred to ignore the world around me, obsessing only over what was in front of me: my T-square, my X-acto knife, my blue pencil.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan


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