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
The Weirdos could be counted on to chew bits of their own stringy hair and fixate, non-blinking, on a dirt spot on the carpeting while a fire blazed right behind them.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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