entrench
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“If people see it as part of a broader pattern it is likely that inflation expectations will rise and that could entrench high inflation in the economy,” he warned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 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
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 • Jan. 3, 2026
That’s an asset Anthropic hopes to tap as it works to entrench itself as a trusted AI vendor to large enterprises.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
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
Vocabulary lists containing entrench
This Week In Words: March 29–April 4, 2020
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