entrench
Example Sentences
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Venezuela’s long absence from Western markets helped entrench Canadian heavy crude as the dominant supplier to U.S. refineries configured for heavy barrels.
From Barron's
With Love entrenched as the starter, there was no path to immediate playing time, but the Packers offered Willis the chance to learn under one of the game’s savviest offensive minds in coach Matt LaFleur.
He is promising an as yet unspecified "new direction" for Scotland focused on solving entrenched problems in the public services.
From BBC
There should be some sense of whether Fed officials worried about inflation are feeling an entrenched resistance to change their beliefs.
From MarketWatch
Rhodium’s Wright said economists in China were speaking out more boldly because they were having trouble tackling entrenched interests.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
