preoccupied
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But behind the staged virility lies a ruler unusually preoccupied with bodily decline.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Our society has once again become disturbingly preoccupied with sex and gender.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Schlamminger skipped the conference's morning sessions, preoccupied with worries about temperature fluctuations, pressure changes, and other tiny effects that might distort the results.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
In such cases, the creatures may be unaware of the dangers because they are preoccupied, for example, by feeding, she said.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Handsome never even noticed that she was talking to him, as he was generally too preoccupied with his reflection in his new hand mirror.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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