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 suppose I must have assumed those old problems had been left behind with our early teen years, and that only the big issues that now loomed so large could possibly preoccupy any of us.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

This season, an event of global significance preoccupies the nuns and nurses of Nonnatus House: Their branch office in Hong Kong has fallen into the street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

Behind Mr. Vucic’s levity over physical stature, however, lurks a serious question that torments the Balkans and preoccupies Western diplomats.

From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2022

What really preoccupies the president, however, was summed up in a quieter passage that came near the end of the speech, one that didn’t get as much notice.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022

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

Bush, 48, of Otley in West Yorkshire, was "preoccupied with his own enrichment", defrauded nearly 200 families out of £562,117 and "caused anguish and pain on a scale beyond comprehension", the judge said.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

To Petra’s surprise, Calder seemed more preoccupied than anything else.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

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

An unremarkable-looking plan for a new factory in Poland cuts to the heart of big questions that are preoccupying governments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

“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

Whatever is getting you down or preoccupying you, you can't be thinking about that when you're birding.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2023

Ralph Myers was illiterate, but he knew that it was the Morrison crime that was preoccupying law enforcement investigators.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson