obsession
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Obsession is maybe too hard-edged; interest too soft.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Jumping to second place, Focus Features' original horror film "Obsession" drew $28.5 million in sales on its second weekend, bringing its total earnings to an estimated $59 million.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
Appeared in the September 17, 2025, print edition as 'How an Albino Alligator Became An Obsession Inside an AI Giant'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2025
"Obsession is so deep and intense that it explodes everything else."
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2023
Obsession may, of course, occur without the psychic door being opened deliberately.
From Elementary Theosophy by Rogers, L. W. (Louis William)
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