entrench
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The FDA has long had an entrenched culture of bureaucratic control, but biotech firms say it has become worse this past year.
Now, they’re entrenched as the franchise quarterbacks for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions, respectively.
It is also possible that having five public companies in this ecosystem, instead of the current four, would further entrench Dolan and strengthen his control by making things even more complex.
Zhang had been in a position to influence major decisions and personnel appointments, through which he could entrench his own networks, said Guoguang Wu, a senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute.
China isn’t directly challenging oil pricing, in which the dollar remains deeply entrenched.
From Barron's
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