obsession
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New Test coach Stephen Fleming said he shared English cricket's "obsession" with the Ashes and arrives with the goal to "beat the Aussies".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
But what really struck me was that behind the obsession is a genuine community of people who actually know each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
And 10,000 is about the number of oak seedlings he’s entrusted to the hands of people who pledged to care for the tree that has become his mission and obsession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
This is my subject, my obsession these past few years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
I did not understand the Iranian obsession with French loan words.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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Episodes feature expert guests and range from conversations about conservation to memories of the birds that first sparked lifelong obsessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
His best work tunneled into life’s darkest spaces to excavate ideas about our fears and obsessions, often reflected through dazzling practical effects that matched the naturalism of his greatest feature: a singularly expressive, malleable face.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
I am growing to love Jane Schoenbrun’s exfoliation of ’80s horror obsessions, especially for the movie’s nonjudgmental embrace: Let these movies be free in all their “problematic” badness and let them work on you.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
This type of therapy teaches the brain how to manage responses to distressing obsessions and compulsions, which can often be life-changing.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
"I believe you've had an opportunity to witness just how wild Sophia can be. I saw her handiwork with one of the Pompadour twins. And I take it she's shown you her portraits? Her obsessions."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Vocabulary lists containing obsession
Vocabulary from an excerpt from "Confessions of a 30-Year-Old Gamer," by Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates
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