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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

Where Tumblr-ites dreamed of the cloistered quads and moody libraries of Princeton in the 2010s, TikTok-ers now obsess over the elaborate rituals of University of Alabama sororities.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

I’m trying my best to not obsess over that stuff as much anymore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

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

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

While mothering her two teenagers, one of them newly identifies as nonbinary — “It was Laurel’s job to not make a big deal about this” — she obsesses about her husband’s questionable fidelity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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

It’s the presence of that screen that obsesses our teenagers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

And while America obsesses over building smarter models, China simply deploys imperfect AI anyway.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

What follows shows the vanity that obsesses our young and rising authors.

From Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm by Armand Both

Iñárritu said he and Cruise didn’t discuss specific people when developing the title character, who wears cowboy boots with pajamas and is obsessed with his decrepit cat named Maggie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

More: Big Tech is obsessed with smart glasses.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Readers are so obsessed with Josh Silver’s “Fruit Fly,” that the buzziest book of the summer sold out across online and major book retailers last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

The boy's mother referred to the book 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson, which she said Noah had been "obsessed" by and that he "hasn't taken it out of his hands".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“We’re kind of obsessed about this trade,” said Charlie.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The pressure on France has investors obsessing over a level known as “the spread,” or the extra yield on French bonds compared with the bloc’s safest investment: the German bund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Investors have spent months obsessing over Treasury yields.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

We will stop obsessing over money and fighting over resources and instead organize our society around generosity and kindness.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Lee Feaster said that before his son’s arrival at USC, Boobie was obsessing for months over USC’s playbook.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Their hunger made everyone start obsessing about food.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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