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
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
While market watchers obsess about the dominance of a handful of gigantic stocks, smaller companies are the real winners this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
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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
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
Through his cousin Sony, who resides in a nearby halfway house and obsesses about the Civil War, Hai is hired by Home Market, where he scrubs counters and toilets and works the cash register.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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
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
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
The market is obsessed with how much Big Tech is spending on AI.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
During interviews in recent days, those closest to his administration painted a picture of a fast-moving dynamo, who became obsessed with his own legacy, compensation, and proximity to power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
And this is why Cortis's incessant calls to for people to put their phones down have rubbed some the wrong way - in a fan culture that's obsessed with capturing every moment.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Rudolph was by now a semi-recluse, obsessed by his art treasures, and distinctly odd, if not completely mad.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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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
“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
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
For all my obsessing over the consequences of that night, I had misunderstood the vital truth: that its not affecting me, that was its effect.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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