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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
Adjective
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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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For Bertram, whose family winery has roots deep in the terraced vineyards of the valley, the night was a blur of frantic decisions and terrifying uncertainty.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Huntington Park High School Principal Carlos Garibaldi was preparing to host a graduation on his campus when frantic colleagues radioed him: Immigration is coming.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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But don’t be like those gullible commentators who are distraught over Gunn’s statement.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 July 2025
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Louis Thuillier was distraught by his inability to know the plight of his subjects; to view the photographs from the distance of a century can imbue the viewer with a similar melancholy.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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We’re meant to see Sarah, who at one point berates her ex-boyfriend and Eddington’s one Black cop, Michael (Micheal Ward), for participating in a system that oppresses him, as hysterical and self-serving.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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The infant’s mother was hysterical as medics rushed the victim into an ambulance, neighbors said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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The firm’s Hype Cycle normalizes — even glamorizes — the irrational, costly overpromising and overselling that hype entails.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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And even some buyers who pride themselves on discipline and efficiency turn somewhat irrational.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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“Monomaniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomaniacal. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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