preoccupy

We design our standards to ensure no one will lose; we preoccupy ourselves more with the comfort of the worst than the potential of the best.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

Of course, the dreams that I had during my illness continued to preoccupy me.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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

It's an issue that preoccupies the German government too.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2022

This question — how can the community be better? — preoccupies climate experts at the Oregon Health Authority.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2021

This preoccupies her, it’s her own mystery that she hasn’t been able to solve.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Investors have been preoccupied with Muse’s impressive adoptions stats.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 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

Hilliard said Bush was motivated by "financial greed" and was "so preoccupied with his own enrichment" he allowed the site to descend into an "appalling" state.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

But like the current wellness movement, looksmaxxers are preoccupied with masculinity.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026

“I would normally be quite glad to make your acquaintance, but I happen to be a bit preoccupied at the moment.”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

“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

It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro