The word obsess showed up in English straight out of Classical Latin back in 1440. From Wordnik.com. [podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history] Reference
So, can you now get another issue to "obsess" about?. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards Doesn't Promise To Support Hillary As The Nominee] Reference
Besorge, I do not "obsess", it is you that is obsession of dialectics, words,etc. From Wordnik.com. [Is Economics a Science?] Reference
Speaking of what people think, this morning Obama is saying that people "obsess" too much on what he says. From Wordnik.com. [Reporter To Wolfson: What Does Hillary Think Of Bill's Pardons Of Weather Underground Members?] Reference
I'm off to "obsess" about race and gender at a conference about honoring the "obsession" with race and gender. From Wordnik.com. ["Adventures in Identity Politics."] Reference
Maybe in this age where we all kind of obsess on celebrities, maybe we're all "People" magazine or "US Weekly". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2007] Reference
Some people wonder why journalists such as me still "obsess" about Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
"obsess" about the question to the same degree as him is a different question. From Wordnik.com. [EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines] Reference
But I'm starting to obsess about those crow's feet. From Wordnik.com. [A New Way to Hear] Reference
Life's too short to obsess over your 401 (k), right?. From Wordnik.com. [Not So Retiring Anymore] Reference
My mother's generation didn't have the time to obsess. From Wordnik.com. [Yummy Vs. Slummy] Reference
The chattering classes obsess about greenhouse emissions. From Wordnik.com. [The Green Phantom] Reference
"We look at everything but obsess about little," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Grading the Test] Reference
The Simpson case continued to obsess the nation last week. From Wordnik.com. ['He's Going Nuts.'] Reference
I know a lot of parents who obsess over kindergarten, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Want To Make $1,000 More A Year? Try Kindergarten] Reference
"I want to take a day to not obsess about the world," she says. From Wordnik.com. [Rites Of Comfort] Reference
They argue that we shouldn't obsess over common character flaws. From Wordnik.com. [Private Lives, Public Matters] Reference
As usual in the Balkans, all sides obsess over ethnic head counts. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Balkan Domino?] Reference
His answer, in part, was: "Don't obsess over your Amazon rankings.". From Wordnik.com. [Catherine McKenzie: Should Authors Check Their Amazon Rankings? Uh, No] Reference
She doesn't need to obsess over the turbulence that may follow July 1. From Wordnik.com. [Heirs To A Highly Uncertain Future] Reference
"You get outside yourself; you don't obsess on your own issues," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Men & Depression: Facing Darkness] Reference
I've been known to obsess about ideas and the only cure is to fulfill a vision. From Wordnik.com. [Jason Hirschhorn: What Do Goodfellas, Social Media, MTV, The Terminator, Tequila and Torture Have to Do With My New Favorite Band?] Reference
It is the Red Sox and their fans who obsess about the Yankees, not the other way around. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Evil Empire Redux] Reference
Today folks like Cohen obsess over tiny details like the stitch patterns on leather seats. From Wordnik.com. [Brand Power] Reference
The CW liked it better when it could obsess over gossipy media events like O.J. and Diana. From Wordnik.com. [We Wish You A Merry Crisis Edition] Reference
It's letting Us Weekly and People obsess over Lindsay's relapses and Britney's breakdowns. From Wordnik.com. [Ah, to Be Sweet Seventeen] Reference
They'll obsess over "Martha Stewart's Home for the Holidays" (CBS, Dec. 12), glue guns in hand. From Wordnik.com. [Be-Marthas, Do-Marthas And Beyond Martha] Reference
Washington's elite policy mandarins obsess over "out-year" projections that never prove accurate. From Wordnik.com. [Health Care as a Civil Right] Reference
“In this age of screen grabs, I realize people are going to obsess about it,” Mortensen says. From Wordnik.com. [Is It Hot In Here, Or Is It Just Viggo?] Reference
Some folks say people like me are green-eyeshade types who obsess over numbers and have no vision. From Wordnik.com. [The Levitating Economy] Reference
Now, you might find it a little creepy when adults obsess over little kids doing little-kid things. From Wordnik.com. [What Do 11-Year-Olds Need? More Instant Replay] Reference
The two scenarios that obsess Western politicians — loose nukes and empowered mullahs — are overhyped. From Wordnik.com. [Musharraf’s Last Stand] Reference
Instead they obsess over "items" that translate into gold, from magical weapons to corpses that can be looted. From Wordnik.com. [Online: A Virtual Gold Rush] Reference
In times like these, only fictional characters have a right to argue about toothpaste or obsess over tribal councils. From Wordnik.com. [Must The Show Go On?] Reference
Perhaps our son's most effective therapy was having a sister five years younger who would not let him obsess or stay in his own world. From Wordnik.com. [THE RISE OF A RELIGION] Reference
That means men are less likely to be dissatisfied with their bodies and women are more likely to obsess about the number on the scale. 5. From Wordnik.com. [Why Guys Diet Differently] Reference
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