neuroses
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This explanation is so wrong-headed, yet so consistent with official Britain’s neuroses about data protection and process-following, that it may even be true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
It was like “The Truman Show” mixed with “Twelve Angry Men,” or a segment of “Candid Camera” stretched into a series, or Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal,” minus the neuroses and cruelty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
She understands there is a formula to our narcissism and neuroses; patterns and mathematical sets of criteria drive our decisions.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025
For Mathew Horne, having played Gavin for 17 years is throwing up all sorts of existential questions: "I'm putting to one side all my neuroses about that and to the ageing process."
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
She was always saying she was—“I understand why you’re saying that, Willy”—but secretly she was ferreting out my neuroses.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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