obsess
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"The last thing I want is for people to obsess about the cancer thing," the actor said, "because I'm not really interested in cancer, I'm not really interested in anything other than living."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
When Weinberg talks about fly fishing, he speaks of it less as a single hobby than a constellation of interests, where each angler finds their own corner to obsess over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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
“You obsess, Henry,” she said, her hand still trembling.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
In his spare time, he obsesses about where to find the perfect slice of New York-style pizza.Follow him on Twitter @CharlesPassy.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
It’s the presence of that screen that obsesses our teenagers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
“The Brutalist” is an event movie made for anyone who obsesses over their Letterboxd account.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Some fans of it identify with a “patriot” movement that obsesses over the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution, he said.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
And why is it that an absurd recollection obsesses me instead of the thing that has just taken place?
From Woman by Magdeleine Marx
He was 16 and already obsessed with drums, but he says it wasn’t until that moment that he knew he wanted to devote his life making music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Beneath the ridiculousness lies a serious point about an authoritarian system, obsessed with order, seeking the power of a creativity it also fears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The market is obsessed with how much Big Tech is spending on AI.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Kiki meets a boy, Tombo, who is obsessed with flight and, specifically, Kiki’s marvelous ability to fly without the help of a machine.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
She married him after a short courtship but soon realized that her husband was obsessed with wealth and fame.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
That’s not to say that these two enemies have stopped obsessing over each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
He compared autonomy to the development of Microsoft Word -- concentrating on swarms was like obsessing over the button that makes text italic, instead of the whole programme.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
He said AI literacy is important - knowing what it is and does, as well as focusing on your people skills, showing your achievements, and not obsessing over long-term plans.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
“So are people that have been obsessing on modern art and modernism all their lives — they’re gonna be confounded by it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
If Sam and Joe had turned their new interest outward, Jesse and Eric characteristically went the more solitary route, obsessing over hardware, code, hacking, and games.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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