Domestic economic problems preoccupy angry electorates.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference

Land ownership and black economic empowerment will preoccupy.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He had more than enough of those to preoccupy his attentions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference

But in a broader, more abstract way, it begins to preoccupy him.    From Wordnik.com.  [TEDBUNDY]

The revolution must guarantee you the things that preoccupy you most.    From Wordnik.com.  [17TH JULY SPEECH TO BUS WORKERS] Reference

Something that will preoccupy me enough that I will forget my anxiety.    From Wordnik.com.  [I've been accused of the killing, the lord knows I didn't do] Reference

A particular issue that did preoccupy us, I continued, was learning to drive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning to Drive in Rafah] Reference

But yes, there are some bigger issues, so to speak, that preoccupy me as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archbishop's Hopes for 2007 - An Article for the Big Issue magazine] Reference

And all this is but to preoccupy our minds with a conception of the lord Timon!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859] Reference

But, you know, the legal issues are bad, but they won't preoccupy her that much.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2005] Reference

SHRIVER: Sheryl, how much does your breast cancer preoccupy your everyday thinking?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2007] Reference

These questions will rightfully preoccupy his AQ clique for time to come. sebastian.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

These are the basic questions that preoccupy many tweens, and are completely normal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Donna Fish: How Much is too Much Pre-Teen Text?] Reference

For the next year through Nagano, it's the triple jumps that will preoccupy Michelle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iron Will, Golden Dreams] Reference

The figures are actually something to preoccupy us -- something for us to be aware of.    From Wordnik.com.  [2ND CONGRESS OF CUBAN WOMEN'S FEDERATION] Reference

And certainly that is an area that will preoccupy ethicists for several decades to come.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: Medical Second Chances - January 2, 2000] Reference

What else could preoccupy this Nat Rothschild other than the way the doilies are folded?.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

"The United Nations should preoccupy itself with reconciliation in the country," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The remarkable thing was that he had strictly nothing to do and nothing to preoccupy him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Storm in the Channel]

But when it comes to the big issues that preoccupy the grown-ups, kids are surprisingly open.    From Wordnik.com.  [Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?] Reference

These words and thoughts preoccupy the very youngest pilot just as they do the Wing Commander.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuka Pilot]

All he'll ever be is eye candy and something to preoccupy myself with when I am early to work.    From Wordnik.com.  [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference

Essu, though a bold being, had been shaken by the encounter, and it continued to preoccupy him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Federation Of The Hub]

Islamist insurgencies in Afghanistan and, cue really scary music, Pakistan preoccupy Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [India and the Future of South Asia] Reference

Concerned that the scandal's echoes would preoccupy the country, the new president pardoned Nixon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gerald Ford's Underrated Legacy] Reference

So it's been a diversion of the political process, and it will preoccupy parliamentarians for some time ahead, Betty.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2007] Reference

"They want to preoccupy me with irrelevant stuff while they get on with (next year's presidential) elections," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Safety issues with Mike's first X PRIZE flight were mostly a public misunderstanding and did not preoccupy us at Scaled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Diamandis: Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Five -- Brian Binnie Makes History] Reference

But investors shouldn't preoccupy themselves with which approach — passive or active — their financial planner takes.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Second Thought...] Reference

She continues her political kleptomania in terms of themes from the 1988 presidential campaign, which seems to preoccupy her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death, Taxes and Mrs. Clinton] Reference

"Peace and security will preoccupy my attention and those newly elected commissioners who are also assuming their duties today,".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

MCEDWARDS: Well, inside Iran, it is the economy and not the country's nuclear ambitions that seem to preoccupy the average person.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2007] Reference

"I therefore do not think that we should preoccupy ourselves ... with the subject of succession as far as government is concerned.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Their deaths constitute effectively no progress in the war on terror, yet preoccupy counter-insurgency experts and military officials.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kit Gallant: Death by Drone: A Policy That Gets Results?] Reference

In seeking out help to uncover these stereotypical slurs, which seem to preoccupy our species, I did find some fascinating case studies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Justice Is Blind; Truth Can Be Color/Gender Sensitive] Reference

Economic growth and infrastructure development will preoccupy the government, while political freedoms and justice will take a back seat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cambodia at the Ballot Box] Reference