junkie
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The self-described data junkie now has a new obsession: the wooden poles that carry power lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The upshot of “The Next Movement” is that this critic is not a dance junkie, per se.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
For example, agents can talk about the latest game to a sports fan and about current events to a news junkie.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
Now you can be a cord-cutter and a TV news junkie too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
My mother was a Masterpiece Theatre junkie back in the day, total anglophile.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Skyhorse publishes a wide range of material including books for children, sports fans and political junkies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
It could have been for any other market research exercise, for washing powder or water bills, rather than anything to do with Westminster - so it wasn't a gathering of political junkies.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025
The end of the line for Superman was met with an outpouring of grief from adrenaline junkies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
Finally, there are the research junkies who do deep dives into a person’s history to create online biographies.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
But the notion that climbers are merely adrenaline junkies chasing a righteous fix is a fallacy, at least in the case of Everest.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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