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obsess

[uhb-ses] / əbˈsɛs /


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The investment implication of this new research is that long-term investors need not obsess about demographic projections when picking countries in which to invest.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

The number of eggs you have stored can become another health metric to obsess over.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

Edgelords, of course, are too nonchalant to obsess.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Other Pacific states don’t celebrate and obsess over tuba, though, like Colima does.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

People say that winter lasts forever, but it’s because they obsess over the thermometer.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

As its small cast obsesses over a fabled alien encounter and seems willing to stop at nothing to find release in a divine being, be careful, “The Pineapple” argues, of the personal Eden you seek.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Alongside scenes where Guardiola obsesses over tactics, there are many where he gives candid speeches and berates his team.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Instead, the Harvard Business School alum talks like a real-life LinkedIn post and obsesses over how many seconds it takes to serve customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Which means stock prices themselves — the thing everyone obsesses over — contribute about as much to your wealth as the participation trophy you got in Little League.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025

If the spirit of the Patriot or Andrea del Sarto or Fra Lippo Lippi or Pompilia or Caponsacchi or Guido obsesses you, the outward manifestation will take care of itself—always provided your instruments are responsive.

From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Katherine Jewell Everts

So, how has an island perched off Australia's northern tip become so obsessed with the sport?

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

But I loved it as a child, as I’ve said, and not wanting to be on that magical box I was so obsessed with would have seemed perverse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

In an era obsessed with the relentless pursuit of power, only one team hit fewer home runs than the Brewers this season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

I’m obsessed with them all, both as a model for my future self and also the person I’d like to be right now—effortless, serene, perfect.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

Horace doted on the sweet-natured little boy; Mary grew obsessed.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

That was a bit bleak, but obsessing over it won’t change anything.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026

Telluride attendees spent days obsessing over what movie would screen as the Sunday surprise premiere, and the unceasing speculation felt like it could only result in a letdown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I still have anxieties, but tending to the aging animals keeps me from obsessing over things that don’t matter. My pony, Cliff, is 38. Every day I have with him is a gift. It’s grounding.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

That’s not to say that these two enemies have stopped obsessing over each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

“And what’d you expect? I had to make other friends. All you do is hole up making your lame drawings and obsessing about that stupid school with Mom.”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson


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