obsession

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A new term has been coined by dermatologists and academics: cosmeticorexia, which they define as having an unhealthy obsession with achieving "flawless" skin from a young age, leading to an obsessive use of cosmetic products.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Now, because of a mix of slim restaurant margins, inflation, a national protein obsession and consumer expectations, the beloved yardbird has become a proxy for the affordability crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

As the severity of Nikki’s obsession heightens, we get a few brief glimpses of the real Nikki, stuck somewhere inside her own consciousness.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Drawing on this online obsession, the plot of “Backrooms” follows Chiwetel Ejiofor, a furniture store owner who finds a secret portal that leads him to an endless rabbit hole of indistinguishable rooms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Second, doesn’t addressing Yali’s question automatically involve a Eurocentric approach to history, a glorification of western Europeans, and an obsession with the prominence of western Europe and Europeanized America in the modern world?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond