fixate

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Stefan Angrick, of Moody’s Analytics, suggests investors are wrong to fixate on the headline figure of 18.3 trillion yen for the extra budget.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

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

Interim head coach Matt Sherratt says Wales can not fixate on breaking their record 16-game losing sequence after a 35-29 Six Nations defeat by Scotland.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 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