tunnel vision

Example Sentences

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But Calcagni said investors’ tunnel vision on the red, white and blue is starting to broaden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

She says people can develop tunnel vision, judging a single choice in isolation, when what's needed is a wider perspective that puts one moment into the context of many.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

She’s in a vertical relationship and she’s in tunnel vision and so no one would be able to stop her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

For instance, it would be easy to get tunnel vision and focus on preparing for water scarcity, only to accidentally make a town more vulnerable to flooding in the process, Swain pointed out.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

I don’t know and I don’t intend to find out, but I can guess that one of the symptoms is a bad case of tunnel vision.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich