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obsess

verb as in preoccupy

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At the moment they are a side which is well drilled with a tremendous work ethic and is difficult to beat, and not obsessed with playing out from the back and giving away stupid chances.

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Unbeknown to all three, an unhappily married neighbor has become obsessed with Sophie and begun spying on her.

Collectors have been obsessed with Labubus - the fictional elf-like creatures with a row of jagged teeth - which have sparked long queues in shops worldwide.

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That’s when our author “became obsessed” with “what it would take to actually make the construction industry more efficient.”

Son had grown obsessed with the singularity, the hypothetical moment where AI becomes smarter than humans and transforms civilization, and was dreaming up ideas such as building AI-powered robot factories across the world.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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