hidebound
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John Nagl, who strongly felt that the Army’s top brass were too hidebound to the old ways of warfighting—large-scale tank-and-infantry battles—and were blocking the promotions of officers who were fighting counterinsurgency battles in the field.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Getting there means tearing up a century of manufacturing practices in a notoriously hidebound industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
An industry as hidebound as this one is going to need time to retool and figure out ways to address shifting consumer tastes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
The agency was just like the Saginaw he’d run from, Dudek said: an insular, hidebound place where everyone knew everyone and they all thought innovation would cost them their jobs.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025
These hidebound trustees were determined to run the Research Corporation as conservatively as they ran their own businesses—that is, accumulating a large capital cushion before starting to give it away.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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