obsess
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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
Other Pacific states don’t celebrate and obsess over tuba, though, like Colima does.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
I shove my phone into my pocket so I don’t obsess the whole way home, but it starts buzzing with texts before I even reach the end of the block.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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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
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
I suppose what follows shows the vanity that obsesses young authors.
From Love Among the Chickens by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
When “Lux” came out, we were all quite obsessed with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
So, how has an island perched off Australia's northern tip become so obsessed with the sport?
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 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
Instead, he just looks like one of my great-uncles who are obsessed with poker.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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That was a bit bleak, but obsessing over it won’t change anything.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026
Investors have spent months obsessing over Treasury yields.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
But at Constellation, there are stalwarts of the AI safety community who have spent more than a decade obsessing over it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Telluride attendees spent days obsessing over what movie would screen as the Sunday surprise premiere, and the unceasing speculation felt like it could only result in a letdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
I spent the next week obsessing about whether or not he would contact me.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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