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Adjective
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Tyler Hilton shrugged it off when his 5-year-old daughter, Winnie, became obsessed with a series introduced by a nanny.—
Leena Tailor,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025 -
Young then transferred to New York University and became obsessed with the music scene the city had to offer, eventually leaving the school.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The protagonist is an ornery, unemployed academic (Lee Sung-jae) who becomes fixated on a barking dog in his apartment complex, and goes to extreme lengths to silence it.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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Anti-fans, as pop-culture scholars have termed them, are similar to hate-watchers: consumers who become fixated on what frustrates them.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But frantic calls to her husband’s doctor’s office resulted in an appointment 10 days later.—
Sara Belcher,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The trailer opens with a frantic DiCaprio grabbing a payphone to call into the rebellion using secret codes.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But the complications with the clock ticking and the fate of the free world at stake are all part on the frenzied fun.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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Berrigan’s frenzied poetic output, championing the values of boldness and immediacy, would remain a lifelong influence for Brainard.—
David S. Wallace,
The New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Amina always looked forward to these reunions; she was allowed to be a tourist with her friends, speaking too-loud English, getting a little hysterical.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
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Lourd said she’s stoked for TV audiences to see just how hysterical Bomer is on Mid-Century Modern.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Cleaning up the crash delayed the start by 15 minutes as a distraught Hadjar made his way back to the pits to watch the race unfold without him.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
17 Mar. 2025
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Alongside co-writing and producing, Graham also stars, the British TV icon giving yet another in a long line of towering performances, this time as the son’s distraught father trying to grapple with the how’s, what’s and why’s.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But there is plenty of institutional trading interest in digital assets, perhaps in part because for many hedge funds volatility equates to profit making opportunities, even if the trading is irrational.—
Javier Paz,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Amsterdam set up a hotline last month to report concerns about irrational behavior.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Monomaniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomaniacal. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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