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The private-credit sector will likely have to distinguish between software companies that deploy artificial intelligence to enhance and entrench their competitive positions, versus those whose core product is being displaced by it, says Man Group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Those so-called second-round effects can entrench inflation and require stiffer rate increases to reduce inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

"We didn't let the enemy entrench in the grey zone and we stopped their storm groups," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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

Somebody in those marvellous maxims from the dark ages that seem to form the chief reading of our military experts, said that the army that entrenches is a defeated army.

From What is Coming? by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Supporters see a decisive leader prepared to confront Colombia's entrenched violence.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

We often hear we’re living in a new progressive era, not unlike the one 120 years ago when popular reforms took on trusts and entrenched power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

But Vrticka says that change is gradual and professional support is likely to be needed for people with more entrenched attachment patterns.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The Brown decision was “a historic step forward” but it “just a beginning” in the fight against entrenched racial injustice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Although I thought Gwentshe was wrong for disregarding the executive, he was doing a good job and was so firmly entrenched that he could not easily be dislodged.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

As everyone waits to see how the bill fares in the Senate, below is a rundown of how a range of industries view proposals to “lock the clock” and “ditch the switch” by entrenching DST.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Britain’s economy expanded only slightly in August, entrenching a period of slow growth after the fast clip at the start of this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

It also risks further entrenching big pharma, which can afford to move its manufacturing and shift supply chains on whim.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025

But many observers believe there is a danger that Sudan will drift into de-facto partition, with the two warring parties and their backers entrenching themselves in their zones of influence.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025

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