obsess
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The investment implication of this new research is that long-term investors need not obsess about demographic projections when picking countries in which to invest.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 11, 2026
The number of eggs you have stored can become another health metric to obsess over.
From Slate β Aug. 29, 2026
Edgelords, of course, are too nonchalant to obsess.
From Salon β Jun. 25, 2026
Too often, they write, we obsess over making ourselves more appealing to others — or more “lovable” — when we should be striving for stronger communication.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 1, 2026
And if I do, I obsess in such a precise way as to prevent even a drop of disorder.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Alongside scenes where Guardiola obsesses over tactics, there are many where he gives candid speeches and berates his team.
From BBC β Aug. 17, 2026
While everyone obsesses over what happens to oil flows in the Strait of Hormuz, a solar-power revolution is under way in some emerging countries.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 19, 2026
Which means stock prices themselves — the thing everyone obsesses over — contribute about as much to your wealth as the participation trophy you got in Little League.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 9, 2025
While Henry tries to resist the dark forces running riot inside him, Patty obsesses about finding the mother who abandoned her, or so she’s been led to believe.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 22, 2025
The pain-thought so obsesses the mind that the state of painlessness seems too remote even to contemplate.
From The Practice of Autosuggestion by Emile CouΓ©
But I loved it as a child, as I’ve said, and not wanting to be on that magical box I was so obsessed with would have seemed perverse.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 13, 2026
I’m obsessed with them all, both as a model for my future self and also the person I’d like to be right now—effortless, serene, perfect.
From Slate β Oct. 11, 2026
David Chase is obsessed with “The Twilight Zone.”
From Salon β Oct. 10, 2026
Iñárritu said he and Cruise didn’t discuss specific people when developing the title character, who wears cowboy boots with pajamas and is obsessed with his decrepit cat named Maggie.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 1, 2026
Ever since they’d brought the statue aboard, Leo had been obsessed with figuring out how it worked.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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That was a bit bleak, but obsessing over it won’t change anything.
From Slate β Oct. 13, 2026
However, some stalwarts of the AI-safety community known as doomers have spent more than a decade obsessing over this exact apocalyptic risk.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 27, 2026
“I still have anxieties, but tending to the aging animals keeps me from obsessing over things that don’t matter. My pony, Cliff, is 38. Every day I have with him is a gift. It’s grounding.”
From MarketWatch β Sep. 2, 2026
“It’s what all of Elle’s friends would be obsessing over in L.A.,” she adds, “but it’s also a bridge to the Seattle kids. It’s not straight-up pop or straight-up rock.”
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 3, 2026
Burnham, obsessing as always over details, sought to decree the style and location of a fence for the wheel.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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