entrenched
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As the stalemate between the city and Angels owner Arte Moreno grew more entrenched, the condition of Angel Stadium deteriorated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
But these broad coalitions were fragile, while the economic and institutional power of entrenched oligarchies remained largely intact.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 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
District Judge Kirsty Allman told Jerome he had "demonstrated an entrenched pattern of stalking and harassment offences, and failing to comply with court orders".
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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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State of the Union Address 2016
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