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fixate (on)

verb

Definition of fixate (on)

as in to obsess (over)

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Players heed manager’s message to play harder and cruise past Colorado in Nationals Park matinee.

— Danielle Allentuck, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
The senator would be well advised to heed the advice of championship coaches Dan Hurley and Geno Auriemma, both of whom have stated that passage of the Act is essential to UConn’s competitiveness.

— Randy Levine, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2026

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For some people attending it, being at Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields charity music festival felt like marking their place at a historical event.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
Raneem Imam of Memphis recently attended a City Council meeting to support a moratorium on new data centers.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

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