Sentence examples for global addiction from inspiring English sources

The coveting of estate jewelry is not limited to the United States; it has become a global addiction.

Selfies, and increasingly selfie sticks, have become a global addiction, particularly among travelers who want to capture the Eiffel Tower or Taj Mahal without asking a passer-by to snap their photo.

Negotiations were held up in large part by the United States and Saudi Arabia, both of which have a vested interest in the continuation of our global addiction to fossil fuels.

It might seem odd to compare a racing game to that global iPhone addiction, but in terms of addictive quality, the games are hard to separate.

Cobain's short life – crammed with domestic conflict, global success, addiction and, ultimately, tragedy – offered the credible rockstar drama he was looking for.

Hosting the sixth Summit of the Americas, for which 33 leaders of the hemisphere's 35 nations – including President Barack Obama – have assembled in Cartagena, President Juan Manuel Santos proposed the establishment of a taskforce of experts, economists and academics to analyse the realities of global drug addiction, trafficking and profiteering, with a view to a complete overhaul of strategy.

With Wednesday's announcement, the United States — whose first European settlements in the 17th century helped to create and feed a global tobacco addiction — edged a step closer to joining those nations' efforts to reduce the centuries-old epidemic of tobacco-related deaths.

But there will not, sadly, be any more comprehensive effort to account for the noxious side-effects of oil.For spills are hardly the most baleful consequence of America's oil addiction: global warming and the funding of foreign despots surely come higher up the list.

In other words, it overcomes power addiction and global degeneration, and instead rediscovers alternative forms of generative power and love.

The offices of King Digital Entertainment in London do not look like the headquarters of a money-grabbing global gaming corporation exploiting addiction for profit.

RIM is well positioned from a cash and market share perspective to make BlackBerry a global, mobile, must-have addiction, but the company needs to make bold moves now or risk becoming Nokia.