obsess

"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

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 don’t have to obsess about the war as you might if in other energy sectors,” he says.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

That's why people grow weary of listening to Dumpees obsess over their troubles: getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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

While Henry tries to resist the dark forces running riot inside him, Patty obsesses about finding the mother who abandoned her, or so she’s been led to believe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025

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

This was the belief throughout the Middle Ages, and I admit that it obsesses me and fills me with joy, that it responds to the most ardent of my yearnings.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

To understand peptide mania, he said, you need to understand that wellness has become profoundly obsessed with masculinity.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026

Officers also gave Jaxon, who is "obsessed" with the police, tickets to the force's police museum.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Since her breakout semi-final performance at the Miami Open last year, Eala has re-ignited interest in tennis in the Philippines, a country obsessed with the three B's - basketball, boxing and beauty queens.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Max Cady either validates the paranoia of upstanding men obsessed with protecting or dominating women, or the disdain felt by those whom such men look down upon.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Mary Greeley was too obsessed to remain satisfied.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

“I think a lot about what was obsessing them,” he told The Times in 2000, “what they were pursuing, what were their demons.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

I would rather spend it figuring out how to enjoy adding something in than obsessing over what I need to cut out.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

While the gut microbiome does play a crucial role in our wellbeing, evidence for many of these fixes is thin and for most healthy people, obsessing over gut "healing" may be unnecessary.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

“Don’t be disrespectful,” she said, reminding me of my manners, but I was already obsessing about my bleeding-nose problem.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos