fixation
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As the summer wanes, Jean’s fixation on David grows.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
A quietly brilliant premise, and a film no one has ever really made, despite the “hag” title perfectly primed for a tale of sick fixation.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Call it a case of scenario fixation syndrome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
The book trend cover suggests collective angst about adulthood, highlighted by a cultural fixation on “girlhood” that sparked a spate of online think pieces in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
The men in particular had showed a fixation on hunting animals that, in Penelope’s worst imaginings, nearly threatened to encompass the “wild wolf children” Lord Fredrick had bragged about finding on his property.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing fixation
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 2
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