all-consuming

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The much harder work is getting out of survival mode — the all-consuming pressures of eternal presentism and perpetual crisis — and into a mode and discipline of building what comes after.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

Teaching is an "all-consuming role", she says, and the behavioural issues she has to handle in the classroom can take an emotional toll - which she sometimes struggles to leave at the school gates.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Part of my problem is that national events are so all-consuming and fast-moving that it’s hard to worry about potholes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

In popular culture, as Mr. Tuck observes, the eruption is usually represented as all-consuming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

It takes relentless, all-consuming training and untold personal sacrifices before any of the glory is seen.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad