obsessive
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It’s a general mood of exhaustion with Mr. Putin himself and his obsessive war that can’t be made to fall out of a fourth-story window.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey outed herself as the inspiration for the show's obsessive stalker, suing Netflix for defamation and negligence for billing it as "a true story".
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Relationships with a seal, an elephant and a rhino, for example — obsessive, protective, loving friendships — all seemed to end if not in outright tragedy, then in shattering heartbreak.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
“Starving, to me, started to feel like an economic choice that just became congruent with those aesthetic and obsessive choices around food,” she explained.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
I planned to trail off quietly, by cutting back my obsessive practices, not giving recitals.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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