tunnel vision

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But you can go further, by getting AI to point out the patterns that lead to tunnel vision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

"I feel like locking in is a way of romanticising getting into your deep work and making that decision of like, 'okay, it's time to get stuff done'." She compares it to tunnel vision.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 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

“They’ve got tunnel vision and they looked at one person, and they’ve got too much pride to say they’re wrong and look somewhere else,” he said, sitting between his adult daughters, who have defended him.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2023

Maybe I’m one of those guys who gets tunnel vision whenever he falls for someone.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera