obsession

The good doctor exercised his Fifth Amendment rights in response to most questions, correctly pointing out that Paul has an “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution.”

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Despite his love of animals and a high school obsession with making Super 8 film, Goode was not, for much of his life, a likely candidate to be directing these documentaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

For Kieran Dodds, photographing people with red hair has become something of an obsession over the past decade.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

And as water filtration has become an obsession of the rich, the brand’s stainless-steel process has helped it market the bottles—where at some stores they cost nearly $6—to an upscale clientele.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Throwing me over Devil’s Drop is his obsession this summer.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Compulsions are the repetitive acts that can be mental or physical that the individual feels compelled to do to temporarily relieve the stress of obsessions.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Though their obsessions with moisturizers and eyebrow grooming seem pretty girlie to someone of my generation, looksmaxxing is rooted in objectification.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

None of these three big investor obsessions is having a meaningful positive impact on Tesla’s financials.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

J. Edgar Hoover, who led the FBI for 48 years, had established a personal fiefdom devoted to consolidating power and pursuing his own personal obsessions, sometimes with blackmail and coercion.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026

But researchers are apt to lose sight of whom they are writing for, and narcissistically describe the obsessions of their guild rather than what the audience really wants to know.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker