preoccupy

In his podcast comments, Vance also clarified that such thoughts did not preoccupy him.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Acting involved pretending to be other people, whose own emotional states —such as she understood them — could preoccupy her for a time,” writes Cusk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“If the Iran situation lingers, it will preoccupy more and more of Congress’ time,” said Stifel Chief Washington Strategist Brian Gardner.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

What will preoccupy us in a century, fuel our ambitions and stir our fears, will probably be something we can’t even imagine today.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025

I had to preoccupy myself with something, anything, to silence the voice in my head.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

But at least it has a precedent, unlike the AI apocalypse that preoccupies folks now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

This is a really critical piece that preoccupies me: what that does to our ability to organize and be in solidarity.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023

From watching Indian movies, it would seem as if no issue preoccupies young Indians more than romantic love.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2021

This sort of shift in institutional thinking preoccupies Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, who was recently named the Peabody Essex Museum’s first female director in its 221-year history.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021

What preoccupies me is immediate: the separation I endure with my parents in loss.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Another earnings season is just around the corner, and more companies than usual have had upbeat expectations, while their executives are also a bit less preoccupied with inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026

The shift reflects the priorities of younger voters, who see the economy and the worsening security situation with China as bigger concerns than the battles over bases that preoccupied their parents and grandparents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

In June, I became briefly preoccupied with the question of what kind of reader I intended to be that summer.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

"The defendant was so preoccupied with his own enrichment that he behaved in a shocking and disgraceful way," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Not to imply that I was overly preoccupied with any of this.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

With the use of personal data by AI models preoccupying authorities, particularly in Europe, Berners-Lee has made data protection his main cause in recent years, notably through the startup Inrupt.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

The future preoccupying him right now, though, is the 2026 harvest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026

So much so that the dread itself becomes preoccupying, all-enveloping, claustrophobic.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024

“What is preoccupying my brain, my everything, is just the fear of what’s going to happen next,” he said in an interview.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023

Phineas had one of those minds which could record what is happening in the background and do nothing about it because something else was preoccupying him.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles