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“I think a lot about what was obsessing them,” he told The Times in 2000, “what they were pursuing, what were their demons.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Last week, while most of America was obsessing over a spy balloon, I was hunched over a piece of graph paper, pencil in hand, trying to come up with a unified theory of happiness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

“Mom made me leave it because I was obsessing over the lips,” Hanalee Pervan told the New York Times.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022

Eventually, it was obsessing over my neighbor that grew boring — trying to make dinner plans with someone who found reservations “restricting” and watching friends zone out as I complained, yet again, about him canceling.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2021

He thought about adding an emoji and worried he was obsessing too much over tiny details.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro