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junkie

[juhng-kee] / ˈdʒʌŋ ki /


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Investors and industry executives have spent years asking what Roberts, known as a deal junkie, would do next.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 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

Kosinski doesn’t present as your average adrenaline junkie.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

I have to say I’m an awards-show junkie.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2025

My mother was a Masterpiece Theatre junkie back in the day, total anglophile.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Everything from diabetes to schizophrenia, he claims, is caused by Americans being junk food junkies.

From Salon May 18, 2026

Skyhorse publishes a wide range of material including books for children, sports fans and political junkies.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

After all, for some of us L.A. crime movie junkies, off-brand “Heat” is better than no “Heat” at all.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

It could have been for any other market research exercise, for washing powder or water bills, rather than anything to do with Westminster - so it wasn't a gathering of political junkies.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2025

“The object of attention. Nicole. Gossip junkies love the chase. End that, you end the story.”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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