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
Instead of one central couple, there are two, each with their own neuroses and ways of relating to one another.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
Combining the neuroses of insecure teenagers and the poll-monitoring reticence of politicians fit for parody, they appear both weak and bashful.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2025
Ouija boards and black cats are way down the list of neuroses I suffer from.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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