fixate
verb (used without object)
to obsessively concentrate one's attention (usually followed byon ).
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Every once in a while I get a quizzical look from the person whose cart I am fixating on and in Sicily I nearly got into a brawl.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2019