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His compulsion to take a rock and roll path also had a lot to do with girls.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
5 June 2025 -
This city, home to an industry drawing us by compulsion into a disembodied parareality—an industry whose costliest venture to date, the metaverse, was a $36 billion effort to rivet headsets to all our faces—remained obstinately physical, a place where danger and distress came at you.—
Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
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The persistent engagement crisis screams a critical truth: Our focus on superficial benefits has blinded us to the fundamental human craving for connection, security and purpose.—
Lori Huss,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Your brain becomes less responsive to fullness signals, while at the same time ramping up stress hormones that can increase cravings and appetite.—
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse,
The Conversation,
16 June 2025
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In fact, research shows that romantic love without the obsessive intensity of early infatuation is not only possible in long-term relationships, but strongly associated with marital satisfaction, well-being and self-esteem.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Influential celebrities like Pamela Anderson and Kate Moss ended up wearing white sneakers casually throughout the ‘90s, with new companies and styles cropping up to satisfy the growing thirst for this versatile footwear — timeless enough to successfully transcend brief cultural infatuations.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
25 June 2025
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Other male artists like Teddy Swims and Benson Boone, known for yearning, guitar-heavy songs featuring swelling vocals, are on the rise.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
24 June 2025
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Viewers praised the father's dedication and expressed their own yearning for such warmth and support.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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California’s existing groundwater infrastructure may fail to quench the state’s thirst in an increasingly arid future, even as officials celebrate widespread conservation achievements, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) warned on Tuesday.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
24 June 2025
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And for a nightcap, guests have not one, but two bar options to quench their thirst for spirits and top shelf drinks.—
Karla Pope,
Architectural Digest,
19 June 2025
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The dawn of the automobile age, for instance, spurred fascination with machinery, influencing designs like the cabochon spheres that evoke ball bearings in many Cartier pieces of the time.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
29 June 2025
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The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and outright skepticism.—
Oliver Swainston,
Space.com,
28 June 2025
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This potent synergy could leave you questioning the strength of your emotional foundations while challenging your dreams and longings in unexpected ways.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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My research focuses on nostalgia – a sentimental longing for treasured moments in our personal pasts – and how nostalgia is linked to our well-being and feelings of connection with others.—
Chelsea Reid,
The Conversation,
17 June 2025
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Chasing the next great investment or outperforming the market scratches an intellectual itch and offers the thrill of potential upside. Estate planning, by comparison, doesn’t exactly quicken the pulse.—
John Jennings,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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People who have trouble sensing their bodily signals – thirst, hunger, pain, an itch – often have mental health challenges.—
Dobromir Rahnev,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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“Cacoëthes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caco%C3%ABthes. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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