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Hauser warned that many businesses are passing on higher costs, which threatens to entrench higher inflation expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

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

Newcastle would prefer the riches of the Champions League, though even that competition further entrenches the position of the biggest clubs.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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

Oil markets have begun to “shed the entrenched optimism about a quick and durable end to the war disruption.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

At these incandescent parties, Trakata founder Tani Shimizu, a 26-year-old trans man, can be found entrenched on the dance floor, often perreando with one or more beautiful, curly-haired femmes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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

Davies, who provides one-to-one guidance through her company Essential Parenting, said families may not be getting "timely, consistent support before difficulties become entrenched".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

They were, as is known to us, stopped in their progress at Great-Bridge, and here they now rest, entrenched, frowning at our stockade across a great marsh.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Upon his return, he could have gone even further by entrenching tariffs in American tax and trade policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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

They’re further entrenching themselves with their AI cloud customers, and growing their ad businesses, while Amazon also continues to see more mild growth of e-commerce sales.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

"The more mpox circulation we permit, the more opportunities the virus has to recombine and adapt, further entrenching mpox virus as a human pathogen that is not going away," she said.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

She had nothing further to offer—an indication of a standoff moving to a new phase, into a more formal legal arena, with the sides entrenching.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel