preoccupy

Justice Chandrachud said his mind was “heavily preoccupied with fears and anxieties about the future and the past”.

He said he often became preoccupied with a topic he was interested in, throwing himself into intense research.

On the Capitol Riots on 6 January, 2021, she wrote that she "wasn't aware" of what was taking place because she was preoccupied with her duties.

To that end, while many observers have been anxiously awaiting news of swing states, McIlroy has been more preoccupied with the state of his swing.

At the Democratic rally in Kalamazoo, however, some voters said they were much more preoccupied with abortion rights and perceptions that Trump is "undemocratic", than they were about conflicts abroad.