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Recent Examples of infatuation
Andrew Pugh, a friend and neighbor of Skakel’s, testified that Skakel had ''an attraction, an infatuation'' with Moxley, according to The New York Times in 2000.
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Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The infatuation is at risk of becoming dangerous and could reverse soon, according to JPMorgan.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
For the 20-teens (specifically 2015-2020), that infatuation came in the form of Spotify playlists.
—Sam Saideman, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
When that uncle, Roy Wood, became the first Black news announcer on a white Chicago radio station, DeJohnette gained access to an endless supply of jazz records that fueled an early infatuation with the genre.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2025
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Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The infatuation is at risk of becoming dangerous and could reverse soon, according to JPMorgan.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
For the 20-teens (specifically 2015-2020), that infatuation came in the form of Spotify playlists.
—Sam Saideman, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
When that uncle, Roy Wood, became the first Black news announcer on a white Chicago radio station, DeJohnette gained access to an endless supply of jazz records that fueled an early infatuation with the genre.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuation
crush
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Other Berlinale Special Galas include the world premiere of Teodora Ana Mihai’s Heysel 85, which tells the story of the Heysel Stadium disaster, in which, before the start of a European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus, a crowd crush resulted in 39 deaths.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
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Then there’s Rusty workplace rival, Tommy Molto (Peter Sarsgaard), seems to have harbored a crush on Carolyn.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Infatuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuation. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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