as in problem
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
her latest obsession is a movie star who she thinks is very handsome
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Recent Examples of obsession
From the beginning, Shrinking has always framed Jimmy’s obsession with healing his patients as a sort of drug, a way of distracting himself from the grief and self-loathing gnawing at him in the background.
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Blame it on that viral tahini-and-pistachio Dubai chocolate bar or—maybe—the world’s current obsession with croissants filled with tasty pistachio cream.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
Pushback on the Luigi Mangione Hype While Mangione's looks and widespread criticism of the healthcare industry have drawn substantial attention since the killing, there has also been significant condemnation and backlash to the obsession with the suspect.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
The film covers the prophesied pregnancy of Mary’s mother, Anne (Hilla Vidor), Mary’s time studying in Jerusalem and King Herod’s obsession with the foretold savior.
—Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Blame it on that viral tahini-and-pistachio Dubai chocolate bar or—maybe—the world’s current obsession with croissants filled with tasty pistachio cream.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
Pushback on the Luigi Mangione Hype While Mangione's looks and widespread criticism of the healthcare industry have drawn substantial attention since the killing, there has also been significant condemnation and backlash to the obsession with the suspect.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
The film covers the prophesied pregnancy of Mary’s mother, Anne (Hilla Vidor), Mary’s time studying in Jerusalem and King Herod’s obsession with the foretold savior.
—Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsession
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Nasa confirms that, owing to problems with one of its craft, the astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who arrived on the International Space Station in June for what was supposed to be an eight-day visit, will have to remain in space until February.The Week UK, theweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Thanks to the increasing number of people deciding to adopt their fur-babies, this number is slowly starting to go down, although the problem is still far from over.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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His parents intermittently took him to the Amazon to stay with the Pirahã, a people legendary for speaking a language devoid of words for numbers and colors, which contributed to his lifelong fascination with linguistic and cognitive diversity.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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The fascination with remote work seems to have waned.Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Tucked inside Aardman’s putty preoccupations is a potent philosophical statement about the irreplaceable quality of the human touch.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Those with muscle dysmorphia usually have a belief or preoccupation that their body is weak, feeble, too small, or not muscular enough.Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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For spring/summer, a number of brands are adding to the sophisticated sportiness seen in ready-to-wear, fueling fashion’s post-Olympics athletic fixation.Madeline Fass, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
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The point being that there’s a lot of fixation on the low end of the funnel from finance teams, from marketing teams, that there’s all this leverage.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jake’s made an occupational fetish of going where the danger is.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2024
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Glass House plans to launch sales at the AFM, which begins November 5. Gonzalez Jr. and Gustin are also working together on Stiletto, which is about a serial killer with a foot fetish who stalks and kills his favorite dancers.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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After Peyton Manning repeatedly dismissed offers to set him up in any number of NFL booths, the ESPN gang in 2021 hashed out a deal with his Omaha Productions shingle that would spark a mania for alternative telecasts.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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And in this year’s ten episodes, From just kept careening forward, giving its ensemble opportunity after opportunity to play the fear, mania, desperation, loyalty, and love that comes out of surviving horrible things together.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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Very quickly, Hughes and the Hughes Aircraft company, with characteristic enthusiasm, took over the entire project and left Kaiser on the sidelines more or less as an astonished spectator.David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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That enthusiasm appears poised to return with a vengeance with opportunities to protest the actions of President-elect .Alex J. Rouhandeh, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Obsession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsession. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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