Definitely YMMV advice.
In my case the moment I lose focus and get distracted I will start quickly skimming, often running my eyeballs across the screen/page without bothering to properly process the information.
If it's something that I *need* to read, understand and remember; I find it best to flip back to the last bit I remember focusing on and start reading somewhat more slowly than usual with frequent pauses to check if I can remember what I've just read; taking a break once I've hit a good pausing point so that I can come back to it with a fresher brain.
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