fixate (on or upon)

verb

Definition of fixate (on or upon)next
as in to stick (to)

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  1. remember
  2. hug
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  • The Robinson family was remembered in a joint statement provided to Fox News Digital.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Forget my feet and then remember them; become overwhelmed by long wait times, then ground myself; slip into autopilot, then return.
    — Robert M. Kinast, STAT, 3 Nov. 2026
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  • Lexington is the sort of place where the arrival of your luggage at a baggage claim carousel is accompanied by the bugle strains of the call to the post, where Citation Boulevard hugs the north edges of the city and Man o’War Boulevard the south.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Four years ago, crowds filled the central square of this southern port city, draped in Ukrainian flags and hugging the troops who had ended months of Russian occupation.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of hug
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“Fixate (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixate%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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