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After the recent all-consuming election in the US, "people really need to disconnect from everything and have a bit of fun", he adds.

Speaking at the hospice as news of its survival was announced, fundraiser Gina Earnshaw said the past few weeks had been "all-consuming".

Still the all-consuming fear that reigned over Berhane’s village, where the sound of heavy gunfire once echoed through the mountains, has gone.

In the past, a person like Chaya Raichik would be widely regarded as needing medical interventions for her all-consuming preoccupation with trans strangers.

Janice, who makes velour Bible covers she hopes to sell on QVC and has a sideline selling nutritional supplements, is also Kamal’s English teacher, on whom he has an all-consuming crush.