hidebound

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For now, the hidebound traditions of royalty loom over their relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Over time, cadets concentrating in social sciences formed an elite enclave, which became an object of resentment and ridicule among some more hidebound officers.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2026

Egyptian-backed young officers in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, staged a coup in 1962 against a hidebound theocratic leader who had long kept the country in a state of isolation.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024

Though she spent much of her career in academia, Mrs. Summers was far from a hidebound intellectual.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023

As additional proof from other laboratories and experiments accumulated in the 1950s, even the most hidebound skeptics had to convert into believers.*

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee