as in to obsess (over)
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Managing up doesn't mean sucking up, heeding your boss' every whim, keeping any disagreement to yourself, or bending over backwards to make leaders happy.—
Stav Ziv,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025 -
Peter Finn, managing director of industrial technology at Brown Gibbons & Lang, said Gartner’s warnings around worker safety need to be heeded.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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Frequent worshippers also lean heavily toward the GOP, with 62 percent of Americans who attend religious services monthly or more aligning with Republicans, according to Pew Research.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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State analysts predicted about 65% of recipients would be students already enrolled in private institutions, but applicants were not required to report what type of school their child previously attended.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Fixate (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixate%20%28on%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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