obsession
Example Sentences
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“It’s an obsession. They’ve been waiting for her for a hundred years: since the death of Marik—the man who said a furious and desperate no.”
From Literature
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As someone who’s been entranced by cars ever since high school, Toliver uses his car obsession as a vehicle for his own sonic discovery.
From Los Angeles Times
"My kids always made fun of me for my obsession with gold. But now they admit that my traditional saving style was efficient."
From Barron's
"It's a bit of an English obsession to think that all of Europe is constantly thinking about England. People are not."
From BBC
The song became so popular it outgrew the film to become a national obsession.
From BBC
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