entrench
Example Sentences
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Without human capability, industrial capabilities, and credible institutions, mineral wealth can entrench dependency rather than reduce it.
From Barron's
"We didn't let the enemy entrench in the grey zone and we stopped their storm groups," he said.
From BBC
In a January essay, he detailed concerns that bad actors could use AI to mount devastating biological attacks, and that authoritarian regimes could use it to entrench their power.
It entrenched a rivalry between the two families that would define the country's politics for decades.
From Barron's
In a referendum held 13 years ago, Zimbabweans overwhelmingly voted for a new constitution that introduced presidential term limits when Mugabe's grip on power seemed entrenched - he had ruled the country since independence in 1980.
From BBC
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