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Peacock 'Sharp Corner' This unsettling thriller features Ben Foster as a man who becomes overly obsessed with the fatal car crashes that happen at a sharp corner in the road in front of his new home.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025 -
In fact, at one point, Octavia Margaret was worried that Estelle was too obsessed with comics and ripped all her comics in half.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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Athletes acknowledge that fixated strangers are impacting their mental health.—
Carson Kessler,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Most companies remain fixated on external strategy and quarterly targets.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Dallas was on the other end of that story later in the week, making a frantic comeback against Los Angeles at home but falling short as Bueckers’ buzzer-beating 3-pointer rimmed out.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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The frantic husband immediately called 911 so his wife and baby could be transported to a nearby hospital.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Shortly after 6:00 pm on July 31 as trades were announced after the frenzied deadline, GM Brian Cashman summarized the deals by ticking off the names of David Bednar, Jake Bird and Camilo Doval as part of a busy week that resulted in seven new players being acquired.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Challenges are also proceeding against the other frenzied aggressions prompted by the fake immigration emergency, including a lawsuit by the ACLU over the creation of the Alligator Alcatraz facility.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025
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Belly is distraught with all the wedding planning, Conrad explains.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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But when reports appear in the paper implicating Lizzy in an affair, Nan is distraught and recruits her mom, Patricia St. George (Christina Hendricks) for help.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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While the character of Ava is technically a millennial, her confrontations with Deborah are hysterical, and every struggling 20-something gets her grit.—
Nikki Sternberg,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
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The town suspects Justine has something to do with the bizarre disappearances, as the parents are becoming increasingly (and understandably) hysterical.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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On the irrational front, Cramer pointed to recent IPOs such as Circle, Figma and Bullish, that each saw explosive gains after their debuts.—
Ali McCadden,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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But exactly the opposite needs to happen: the patient needs to enact her struggle in the room, to be messy, irrational, resentful, out of control.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Monomaniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomaniacal. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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