preoccupy
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That, along with the Knicks players' return from San Antonio, will preoccupy this city with basketball for a few more days.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 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
Numbers don’t preoccupy me as much as they did my father, but I still find them fascinating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
The former thought might preoccupy professors in departments of psychology, and their colleagues in the neighboring departments of neuroscience.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
But it’s the fighters’ first encounter, in 1936, that preoccupies “The Clash of Nations: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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
It's an issue that preoccupies the German government too.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2022
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
"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
But like the current wellness movement, looksmaxxers are preoccupied with masculinity.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
For George Buckley, chief European economist at Japanese bank Nomura, climate change is becoming harder to ignore, even in a profession preoccupied with quarterly data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
In a community where residents are preoccupied with their own difficult recovery journeys, the unity was noteworthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Bailey wanders down curving paths, his mind preoccupied with bottles full of mysteries.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
For the company at the center of the boom, that’s an increasingly preoccupying question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
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 debate over the timing of rate cuts is preoccupying policymakers at several major central banks.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 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
As worrying as the family’s financial state was to Regina, her concerns about Bobby’s mental health, personality, and behavior eventually became preoccupying.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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