ingrained

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Inside the ornate former presidential palace, photographs and oral testimony detail the grinding poverty and ingrained corruption of the dictatorship of Cuba's then-military strongman, Fulgencio Batista.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

On the subject of the ingrained issues that still plague his home country, Iñárritu recalls that those in power were not pleased with how “Amores Perros” addressed them on screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

New outfits can’t erase the divisions between us; they are ingrained.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

“It is about things that impact some of the deepest, most ingrained aspects of society right down to the nature of the social contract,” added Rothkopf.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

When he saw the quantity of food she’d laid out for him, though, his ingrained abnegation rose to the surface.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor