deep-seated
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The design and business models of such gaming machines are "extremely diverse", officials said, adding that they were committed to tackle the "deep-seated issues".
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
The skepticism I encountered about El-Sayed at the convention was real, and often felt deep-seated.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
Can Europe seize the moment and actually get a grip with some of the deep-seated problems that are behind the economic malaise?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Trot songs often express "han" - a deep-seated feeling of sorrow, resentment and longing shaped by Korea's history of foreign subjugation and one of the most enduring themes in Korean culture.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Besides all this, Charley is a coward, so deep-seated a coward that he has developed a technique for concealing it.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
