obsession
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“All of a sudden, that obsession with what my next meal was going to be just disappeared,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The obsession with founders, meanwhile, has grown steadily stronger, fusing with the belief in personal-brand-as-business-model.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
For Joshua, motor racing has been an obsession since he was old enough to pick up a toy car.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The source further alleged, “The truth is that Pitt’s ego and obsession for control got in the way. Brad refused to work with Stoli simply because Angie chose them, not him.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
“The Italian stallion,” he chorded, a dual reference to the heritage of our new neighbor, Marcellus DiAngelo, and his obsession with physical fitness.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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His best work tunneled into life’s darkest spaces to excavate ideas about our fears and obsessions, often reflected through dazzling practical effects that matched the naturalism of his greatest feature: a singularly expressive, malleable face.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
None of these three big investor obsessions is having a meaningful positive impact on Tesla’s financials.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
But there were also signs the boy was troubled by his own obsessions.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
When we decided to rank the best Los Angeles movies, we thought 101 titles would be plenty: room enough for undeniable classics, personal obsessions, even a guilty pleasure or two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
If it was unlikely for a scruffy little girl to turn up in his cell knowing the very man who figured in his obsessions, the Regius Professor didn’t notice.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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