fixate

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While some investors fixate on Nvidia chips or large language models such as Alphabet’s Gemini, Chintalapalli is focused on utilities, backup-power providers, and real estate—the physical infrastructure needed to support the AI boom.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

After shelling out for college and amassing years of experience, it is natural to fixate on jobs in your one field to justify those investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Halpern's earlier research identified a distinct pattern of electrical activity in the NAc that appears right before a person begins to fixate on food and feels the urge to binge.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025

But she did always seemed to fixate on people’s teeth.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

Those green eyes fixate on a point with such intensity that you find yourself trying to make out what she sees in the empty air.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins