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obsess

[uhb-ses] / əbˈsɛs /


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We obsess over Kobe as the standard when it comes to training, but people forget he was a human.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

We spent every single day together and let ourselves obsess over how much fun prom would be once Evan agreed to be my date.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Alongside scenes where Guardiola obsesses over tactics, there are many where he gives candid speeches and berates his team.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

While everyone obsesses over what happens to oil flows in the Strait of Hormuz, a solar-power revolution is under way in some emerging countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

Some identify with a “patriot” movement that obsesses over the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024

If the spirit of the Patriot or Andrea del Sarto or Fra Lippo Lippi or Pompilia or Caponsacchi or Guido obsesses you, the outward manifestation will take care of itself—always provided your instruments are responsive.

From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Katherine Jewell Everts

So, how has an island perched off Australia's northern tip become so obsessed with the sport?

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

But I loved it as a child, as I’ve said, and not wanting to be on that magical box I was so obsessed with would have seemed perverse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

I’m obsessed with them all, both as a model for my future self and also the person I’d like to be right now—effortless, serene, perfect.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

David Chase is obsessed with “The Twilight Zone.”

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Sonny’s more obsessed with this college stuff than Jay is.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

That was a bit bleak, but obsessing over it won’t change anything.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

When I first started obsessing about music, the stuff that I liked was all in Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“I still have anxieties, but tending to the aging animals keeps me from obsessing over things that don’t matter. My pony, Cliff, is 38. Every day I have with him is a gift. It’s grounding.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

But Seanie always had a way of obsessing about things like they were the greatest trespasses ever committed against his pitiful soul.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith


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