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Thompson is joined by The Affair’s Ruth Wilson, who plays Sarah Tucker, a woman who becomes obsessed with finding a missing child in the aftermath of a suburban house explosion.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
29 July 2025 -
Internet users have become so obsessed with her, and the appeal has even helped her get adopted.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Just as Garcia and Cross become fixated on each other, Louise develops an obsession with a seeming cult leader named Vernon Jefferson Peak (Austin Butler).—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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While working on the opening of this article about the creative environment, my mind became fixated on those two words: stuck and stuckness.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The frantic search for the 34-year-old woman began in April and ended with the discovery of her remains in a narrow space between two buildings in Lakewood, Colo., a suburb of her home city of Denver, on Friday, June 6.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Alongside the frantic rush for textbooks, new stationery, and the last days of summer freedom, students are now having to get to grips with new artificial intelligence tools.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The bullpen market The frenzied run on relievers that began Wednesday should continue up to the deadline, considering the number of teams in need and the number of late-inning arms still available.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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There will be other interesting circumstances in the three remaining days before teams finish their roster machinations but Jansen remaining on the active roster after finding out he was traded remains highly unique for a frenzied time of the baseball season.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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But in the penultimate episode of season 3, Oscar is distraught, having lost his friend, lover, and source of employment, John Adams (Claybourne Elder), in a freak carriage accident.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The two programs provided health care for those 65 years or older (Medicare) and for the financially distraught (Medicaid).—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
31 July 2025
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Reactionaries respond in kind by cataloging that outrage and using it to portray their ideological opponents as hysterical, overreactive, and out of touch.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 July 2025
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In one dramatic scene, Victoria has a seizure in reaction to the medication, and Imogen becomes hysterical.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
2 July 2025
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Our worries are often dismissed as irrational—planes are much safer than cars, etc.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
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Nothing adds depth to an irascible curmudgeon quite like an irrational love of pets that do not love you back.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Monomaniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomaniacal. Accessed 12 Aug. 2025.
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