fixate
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As a result, investors shouldn’t solely fixate on the possibility of an AI slowdown.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
But to fixate on the juicy details of this wild workplace lawsuit is to miss the point, especially when we have only one side of the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
But Diarra’s tendency to fixate on small details and slights eventually cracked the case.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
But rather than fixate on that, might we suggest a few reads about all the joys available to us in this world?
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
My nose inhales the aroma and my eyes fixate on the yellow ears.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
As a head coach who fixates on squad togetherness, was there a worry that having such a high-profile player on the margins might lead Alexander-Arnold to provide an unintentional distraction and focus of attention?
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
He fixates on bright, blinding objects while turning away from self-reflection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The world of “Bad Nature” fixates on grievance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
Basch argued that the argument over fluoridation today often fixates on communal water sources, and has similarities with other public health fracases.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2022
She fixates on me, waiting for me to meet her gaze.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
"In stem cell biology, people are always fixated with creating the end cell type, like the neuron," Jokhai said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
He was arrested and pleaded guilty to harassing Banks, who he claimed to have become fixated on as a result of internal Labour Party fall-outs while suffering from severe mental health problems.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Today’s Americans are fixated on food to a degree that would tenderize the minds of previous generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sandy desperately wants Margarita to get a job but her first steps toward independence come when she spies a hobby horse rehearsal and becomes fixated on joining.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
He showed a kind of fixated resolve, as if the only way to deal with this problem was to bull through it and get it over with.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Like I said, it’s OK to look back and wish you had done some things differently, but fixating on the past isn’t always helpful.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Like, how is the culture enriched by fixating on the musings of visibly insane posters on 4Chan?
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
The content suggested he was watching all of her appearances, fixating on what she was wearing, what she was saying, what she was doing.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
You may snigger that the fluffy haired and sequin-loving singer-songwriter is a cheesy anti-poet, fixating on such mortal lines as “No one heard at all, not even the chair.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
The dead in the cage stop walking for a moment, their yellow eyes fixating on us instead.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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