fixated

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For years, the West has been fixated on the “Davidson Window”—the 2021 warning by Adm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

In Pride and Prejudice and its various screen adaptations, Mrs Bennet is portrayed as stressed, emotional, and fixated on marrying off her five daughters.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Movie buffs are increasingly fixated with budgets and box-office results, a shift that has reshaped how they talk about films and pushed sites like Box Office Mojo into the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

As MarketWatch’s Myra P. Saefong reports, oil markets remain fixated on the threat of a U.S. attack on Iran — and this week could provide some clarity on the next move for crude prices.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

The blind spot is called functional fixity because people get fixated on ah object’s function and forget its physical makeup.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker