preoccupying

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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

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

Also preoccupying investors was U.S. inflation data, with economists polled by Reuters expecting a 5.5% year-on-year increase in core consumer prices for April.

From Reuters • May 10, 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