preoccupied
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“You think, it’s about a woman who’s single, so I have to address that—and then I think, how much cooler would it be if she’s not just totally preoccupied by it?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Yet Americans seem to have gotten less worried about nuclear weapons since the Cold War: A Pew poll last year found a public preoccupied by terrorism, climate change, pandemics, and other issues.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
Chinese strategists had described the first two decades of the century as a time of opportunity with the United States preoccupied in Afghanistan and Iraq, Stokes said.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
While her classmates were preoccupied with exams, the May ball and where to spend their summers, Franks was worried about making her rent.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Not an unfriendly face, Malcolm thought, but anxious and preoccupied.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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