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Recent Examples of infatuation
An infatuation with war is not the same as being guilty of mishandling classified information.
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Isaac Saul, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
What is up with Sean Payton’s infatuation with older rookies?
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
So often, what seems like infatuation is actually about what the therapist symbolizes—things like comfort, approval, and validation.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Aug. 2025
What follows is a hilarious account of infatuation and infidelity from the point of view of Roberta, a graduate student who has it bad for Simone, her utterly chic — and married — writing professor.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
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Isaac Saul, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
What is up with Sean Payton’s infatuation with older rookies?
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
So often, what seems like infatuation is actually about what the therapist symbolizes—things like comfort, approval, and validation.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Aug. 2025
What follows is a hilarious account of infatuation and infidelity from the point of view of Roberta, a graduate student who has it bad for Simone, her utterly chic — and married — writing professor.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuation
crush
Noun
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Dlott sentenced Morelli, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute animal crush videos, to four years in prison and ordered him to pay a $25,000 fine.—
Kevin Grasha,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Oct. 2025
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Detroit paced the Central for almost the entire season … only to trip over itself, fall down a flight of stairs coated in aioli, and land on a whoopee cushion in front of its crush.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Infatuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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