entrenched
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Walker and Auen understand that humanity is deeply entrenched in an empathy crisis, with every last way out being sealed off one by one.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
“By Any Means” suggests it takes a dirty man to clean up a historically and culturally entrenched mess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“There are entrenched businesses like Salesforce that own a very proprietary set of data that make them much more formidable in this new era, and also probably a much bigger benefactor of the technology.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Often, the longer a girl goes without knowing she has autism, the more deeply entrenched are her own negative attributions about her failings,” Kenworthy said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I have heard,” I said, “that there are a mere three hundred entrenched in the village.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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