obsession
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America’s new social obsession, mahjong’s become younger, cooler, trendier, and bigger postpandemic—though not without debate over commercialization and cultural appropriation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
So that obsession is pushing up the price of electricity and making it more expensive for people to switch to a heat pump or electric vehicle.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
During my first watch, I thought this would be a run-of-the-mill, substandard thriller: Establish the characters, ramp up the obsession, throw a little violence in.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
What’s going on with the obsession with reviving archaic occupations, like learning from artisans fixing old shoes?
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Like his misguided obsession with those Potomac canals, his campaign for a national university in the capital city never bore fruit.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing obsession
Vocabulary from an excerpt from "Confessions of a 30-Year-Old Gamer," by Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates
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