addicted
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In August, Meta agreed to pay $18 billion to settle a sweeping lawsuit brought by US states accusing it of designing Instagram and Facebook to get children addicted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
“All we see is how addicted parents are. You may not be on TikTok but you guys are always on your phones too!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
I get why people get addicted to online trading.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Hall also points to the impact of the digital environment and people becoming "addicted by design" through algorithms.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
He’d become kind of addicted to the things since buying some in Bologna.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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