as in to attract
to hold one's attention to an extreme degree
The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching.
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Recent Examples of obsess
The rest of the globe obsesses about Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
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Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
What Endures In a world obsessed with fame, the quiet work of creating value is underrated.
—Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The petite espresso demitasse might seem laughably small in a culture obsessed with oversized everything—from Big Gulps to Venti lattes.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
As a kid, Ryan was an early riser, obsessed with model airplanes and trucks and engines.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
What Endures In a world obsessed with fame, the quiet work of creating value is underrated.
—Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The petite espresso demitasse might seem laughably small in a culture obsessed with oversized everything—from Big Gulps to Venti lattes.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
As a kid, Ryan was an early riser, obsessed with model airplanes and trucks and engines.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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Now, Lucas said, the discussion is about housing, excitement and energy and people from all walks of life being attracted to downtown.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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The ships that pass through generate income, but the canal also attracts businesses that create jobs in industries such as logistics, insurance and banking, according to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).—
Erika Angulo,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Cotton said a president needs to keep qualified individuals interested in serving the White House and that may sometimes require enhanced security for officials.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Now Inkle’s library generates enough money to allow Ingold to make only the games that interest him.—
Samuel Horti,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Tissot was particularly fascinated by the mores and materialism of high society.—
Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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She was fascinated by it because there was stuff from her mother — my daughter.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
14 Jan. 2025
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Madison's logic has certainly intrigued many, and the video has gone viral with more than 128,700 views and almost 10,000 likes on TikTok at the time of writing.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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This will not be a very popular take, and maybe its the optimist in me, but I'm intrigued by most of the analytic models that have USC as a top ~20 team, despite their mediocre record.—
Antonio Morales,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Obsess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsess. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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