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Gulf states worry it could entrench Iran’s sway over a waterway that is crucial for their livelihoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

"Denying American startups access to models available abroad would stifle competition, entrench incumbents, and function as a tax on intelligence," the letter from the Little Tech Association said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

In Tehran, some ordinary Iranians feared a deal with the United States would entrench the authorities' rule.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Macklem said the central bank aims to avoid raising rates too early amid weak growth or too late, letting inflation entrench.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Grant had been criticized for not entrenching at Pittsburg Landing; Halleck, it seemed, was determined to entrench himself all the way from Pittsburg Landing to Corinth.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Still, budget watchdogs argue that subsidies are too generous and the system disproportionately benefits large farms, which entrenches consolidation in agriculture.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

The risk is a settlement that entrenches Iranian influence over Persian Gulf energy exports for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

It entrenches the idea of moviegoing as an exception, a rarity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

Southwest as yet another heat dome entrenches itself over the southern tier of the country and Mexico.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2023

Miss Aiken deploys the Carnahans in open order, upon which Harriet entrenches herself with the heroic Scribners and lets fly a Macintosh who was a general in the colonial army.

From Adventures in Friendship by David Grayson

Instead it rapidly became an entrenched fact on the ground, as well as a vivid example of the law of unintended consequences.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Now that they are there, they're going to be entrenched," Hisham al-Omeisi, senior analyst at the Brussels-based European Institute of Peace, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Big SaaS companies are firmly entrenched within customers’ IT stacks, frequently through tangled connections with software from rival providers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Bulls and bears remain entrenched in their robo-taxi opinions.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

The enemy army was closer now, entrenched only a few hundred yards outside the palace.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

We should be wary of entrenching them as de facto regulators for everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Advanced Micro Devices is further entrenching itself with Big Tech customers — and investors are cheering even without knowing the financial details of the company’s latest deal extension.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

The TRRC, which heard harrowing testimony from victims, former security operatives and other witnesses, also called for reparations to be paid to the victims, warning that failure to act risked entrenching impunity.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

“Describe any other exclusionary conduct on the part of Netflix that would reasonably appear capable of entrenching market or monopoly power,” the agency asked in the subpoena, sent to another entertainment company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

With his entrenching tool, which weighed 5 pounds, he began digging a hole in the earth.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien