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junkie

[juhng-kee] / ˈdʒʌŋ ki /


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The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“I don’t worry about the past, and I try to learn from my mistakes. I’m a data junkie, and I analyze the broad trends,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026

“And what I meant by that was, he didn’t have all the hype but he was a football junkie, he had a passion for the game.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

“If you throw yourself into danger for no reason again, you will have become nothing more than a Dauntless adrenaline junkie looking for a hit, and I’m not going to help you do it.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth




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