preoccupy

And he is preoccupied with partisan matters that have little to do with the overwhelming bulk of the department’s vast nationwide law enforcement portfolio.

Dad’s too preoccupied to fully react, however: Bug is busy trying to pay for the wedding with an exotic toad from Colorado.

Justice Chandrachud said his mind was “heavily preoccupied with fears and anxieties about the future and the past”.

He said he often became preoccupied with a topic he was interested in, throwing himself into intense research.

On the Capitol Riots on 6 January, 2021, she wrote that she "wasn't aware" of what was taking place because she was preoccupied with her duties.