obsession

Marty Baron, the former executive editor of the Washington Post, put it perfectly when he noted that the administration’s obsession with leaks is actually a testament to the resilience of the press.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

“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

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

A skinny kid with braces, a member of the debate club as well as drama, he has a passion, bordering on obsession, for recycling.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

Rowbottom’s willingness to move toward culturally uncomfortable material is central to her work, he stressed, treating so-called lowbrow or feminine cultural obsessions not as guilty pleasures, but as material worthy of literary merit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

This time the obsessions had the opposite effect.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Mr. Armitage’s resplendent translation, proceeding with nerve, wisdom and necessary audacity, proves that literature does not progress so much as deepen, circling the same obsessions with ever-renewed urgency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“The Sixers are really no different than a Gunter clan, albeit a well-funded one. We share all the same obsessions as gunters. And we have the same goal.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline