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hobby

[hob-ee] / ˈhɒb i /


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Once a niche hobby, it has become a launchpad for the publishing industry, generating breakout smashes like E.L.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

Meanwhile, the judge wrongly blocked other evidence that would have demonstrated the mother-of-two's long-time hobby of mushroom foraging, they said.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

But cooking occupies a peculiar position in domestic life: necessary chore to some, passionate hobby to others, and sometimes both to the same person.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

First, pursuing a side project or structured hobby prevents what Ibarra calls the “work-role merger,” the dangerous fusing of one’s identity entirely with a single employer or job title.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

First of all: writing, but I don't really think of that as a hobby.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Ippolito relies on family, close friends and other hobbies to keep him grounded when he’s not working.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Among his hobbies, he lists business, regularly clocking in 18-hour days.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

As the economy became increasingly unstable and demanded that moviegoers and television aficionados devote more time to their jobs, the average viewer naturally had less bandwidth for their cultural hobbies.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

He added that he was "very grateful" for the settlement, which would allow him to regain some quality of life, adding he had already been able to "get back into some of my past hobbies".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Her hobbies were loving her Lord and the Word of her Lord and “collecting leaves but only when they are laying right on the ground.”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger


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