obsession
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Only the Cook Islands can lay similar claims to an all-out obsession with the game in terms of national importance.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Apple’s privacy obsession limits the device’s functionality, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
It’s about his obsession with “Minecraft,” the immensely popular video sandbox game that takes place in a world of 3D cubes representing raw materials such as wood, ores, stone and dirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"When I met him, I could see a real author's style in him and I've always sensed in him an obsession with becoming a writer and a thirst for reading," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
She didn’t need to get run over by a one-horned bull with a scroll obsession.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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One of my climate obsessions, post-California, is clean indoor air, which rules out burning wood inside the house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Episodes feature expert guests and range from conversations about conservation to memories of the birds that first sparked lifelong obsessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
His best work tunneled into life’s darkest spaces to excavate ideas about our fears and obsessions, often reflected through dazzling practical effects that matched the naturalism of his greatest feature: a singularly expressive, malleable face.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
In “The Dreamy Side,” Molina traces the roots of these cross-cultural musical obsessions to the early R&B scene in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
“Jim always wanted everyone to share his obsessions, to love the same things he loved. I think this contest is his way of giving the entire world an incentive to do just that.”
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Vocabulary from an excerpt from "Confessions of a 30-Year-Old Gamer," by Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates
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