fixate
verb (used without object)
to obsessively concentrate one's attention (usually followed byon ).
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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In place of velvet and luxuriant lushness, there was fixating intensity and raw power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2024