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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
obsess .
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Examples
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And Keltoi, do you find it ok that Rush "obsesses" with Obama and the Democrats day-in and day-out? barack obomber Says:
Think Progress 2009
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"Leadership concentrates on maximizing gains, management obsesses on minimizing losses."
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Dederer's memoir has rightfully added to this generation's blog-y conversations about parenting, a demographic which not only obsesses about doing the over-the-top but needs to endlessly analyze it.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Poser, My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses Patricia Zohn 2011
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But he has also earned a reputation as a subtle, data-driven wonk who spends weekends working on his doctoral thesis on federal spending and obsesses over the smallest nuance of a campaign.
Spotlight Falls on Texan's Strategist Neil King Jr. 2011
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Dederer's memoir has rightfully added to this generation's blog-y conversations about parenting, a demographic which not only obsesses about doing the over-the-top but needs to endlessly analyze it.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Poser, My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses Patricia Zohn 2011
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The aim is to overcome the traditional “one-way” transmission model of science communication, which tend to position lay audience as passive, and hence obsesses over whether they are getting good or bad information.
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Living in the city in the 1830s, Poe wrote his first horror story, "Berenice," about a man who obsesses over his sick fiancée's teeth.
A Midnight Dreary for Those Who Seek Tell-Tale Signs of Poe's Elusive 'Toaster' Jonathan D. Rockoff 2012
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Dederer's memoir has rightfully added to this generation's blog-y conversations about parenting, a demographic which not only obsesses about doing the over-the-top but needs to endlessly analyze it.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Poser, My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses Patricia Zohn 2011
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The aim is to overcome the traditional “one-way” transmission model of science communication, which tend to position lay audience as passive, and hence obsesses over whether they are getting good or bad information.
AGU Day 0: Restarting the Climate Conversation | Serendipity 2009
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Dederer's memoir has rightfully added to this generation's blog-y conversations about parenting, a demographic which not only obsesses about doing the over-the-top but needs to endlessly analyze it.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Poser, My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses Patricia Zohn 2011
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