fixate

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But Ms. McCracken does not fixate on the aesthetic of a sentence or the mechanics of plot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 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

For now, those worried about a potential AI bubble fixate on soaring equity valuations, focused primarily on rich asset prices.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

After practices, instead of thinking about plays that went right, their minds fixate on things that went wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

I fixate on the idea of someone calling Dell Duke "Big Boy."

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan