entrenched
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The low-fire component is deeply entrenched at this point.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Close to home, in neighboring Hungary, they succeeded in ousting another entrenched leader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Such expectations can become deeply entrenched because they make experiences feel familiar and predictable.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
This one did something else, reaching extreme heights but never achieving the sustained success of more entrenched conspiracy theories.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
He’d been a young man in the 1940s when he first joined the African National Congress and began boldly challenging the all-white South African government and its entrenched racist policies.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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