preoccupation

Deena has an almost stan-like preoccupation with Maddie.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

The preoccupation with sizes, in particular, was something many international fans remarked about when interviewed by the BBC about their reflections on visiting America.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

"People taking these drugs for obesity often describe a quieting of 'food noise,' the persistent preoccupation with food that drives overeating," Al-Aly said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

Hungarians’ preoccupation with inflation, health and household budgeting tracks with the norm in most European countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Bacon read it in manuscript, but had no time for it: Gilbert’s preoccupation with magnetism seemed to him an irrational obsession, and as a result he had ‘built a ship out of a shell’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

With “Olmo,” in theaters Friday, Eimbcke has adapted his career-long interest on the youth’s preoccupations to a story on this side of the Mexico-U.S. border for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

The preoccupations of a regional power are different to the much broader global challenges faced by the US.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

But in demonstrating, if inadvertently, that even he couldn’t escape what Mr. Oliver calls the “obsessions, preoccupations, and mental loops that grip us so tightly,” the psychologist provided an important service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Soon Conor’s two preoccupations will unite in an offbeat way when a bug gets crushed in his slow-acting printer while it’s gurgling out a portrait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

She floated above them, gazing down neutrally, absently braiding them with other preoccupations.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan