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Recent Examples of obsessive-compulsive
Leo manages to subtly play Hughes' growing paranoia and fear before his obsessive-compulsive nature fully takes over.
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Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 13 July 2025
It is occasionally used today for people with debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder, but the technique remains unapproved for depression and is largely confined to research trials—some of which have ended in dispiriting, high-profile failure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2025
Armed with a voice that creates a number of characters and family members, Bamford’s comedy takes a self-deprecating, if occasionally surreal , look at her life, and her struggles with anxiety and bi-polar and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
SSRIs are approved by the FDA to treat a range of conditions such as anxiety, depression, bulimia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and are used off-label to treat several others.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 13 July 2025
It is occasionally used today for people with debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder, but the technique remains unapproved for depression and is largely confined to research trials—some of which have ended in dispiriting, high-profile failure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2025
Armed with a voice that creates a number of characters and family members, Bamford’s comedy takes a self-deprecating, if occasionally surreal , look at her life, and her struggles with anxiety and bi-polar and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
SSRIs are approved by the FDA to treat a range of conditions such as anxiety, depression, bulimia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and are used off-label to treat several others.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessive-compulsive
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Daniel Brühl, never disappointing, plays the neurotic Hungarian proto-serial-killer-psychologist Laszlo Kreizler, with Luke Evans as his Dr. Watson–style foil and Dakota Fanning as a steely-eyed secretary leaning in to the grisliest crime scenes of mid-1890s New York.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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Other challenging dog breeds in the list include Belgian Malinois, which need extensive physical and mental exercise, and without the firm training are prone to neurotic and destructive behavior; Catahoula leopard dogs, also prone to destructive behavior; Chow Chows, and border collies.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
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However, swapping out classic sodium chloride for sodium bromide is a solid way to give yourself acne, involuntary muscle spasms, and paranoid psychosis.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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At another time, a perpetually anxious comedian who can’t keep from ranting about his paranoid worries about the end of the world probably would not feel like such a helpful guide to life.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2024
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The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2024
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The cells have an ugly, disordered appearance under a microscope.—
Adam B. Kushner,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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In more severe cases, this ongoing pattern may erode a parent’s relationship with food, leading to emotional or disordered eating that feels increasingly difficult to name, let alone break.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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The consequences of a difficult decision from his past come back to haunt him, and Rebecca (Reina Hardesty), a sociopathic young agent, is assigned to kill him.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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These sociopathic billionaires have gathered for a friendly weekend poker retreat.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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Cue delirious scenes, as supporters hailed a striker whose time had seemed to be up in north Wales long ago.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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The shark punch is one sight gag among many, and Lorenzo Semple Jr.'s daffy script makes room for a delirious double-crossing romance, with Lee Meriwether's Catwoman undercover as a Wayne-attracting Soviet.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The answer is that France at this time was attempting to heal its wartime wounds, papering over the cracks in the social fabric that had opened up during the German Occupation and positioning itself as a nation of resisters, in which collaborators had been few and aberrant.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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The only aberrant response came from a gaunt middle-aged man on a towel.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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An area of disturbed weather in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean may become the next tropical storm, the hurricane center said Aug. 18.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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The medications used in IVF and other fertility treatments don’t trigger early menopause, but Roth and Noble say some can cause similar, temporary side effects like hot flashes, vaginal dryness, disturbed sleep and mood swings.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Obsessive-compulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsessive-compulsive. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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