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 • Feb. 19, 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

Questioning how Netflix competes with rivals suggests the department is looking at whether its planned Warner deal could entrench its market power, or lead to a monopoly in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Acquiring Warner’s streaming and studio assets “will entrench and extend Netflix’s global dominance in a matter not allowed by domestic or foreign competition laws,” Paramount’s lawyers wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 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