entrenched
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These surveillance tech partnerships are becoming entrenched, domestically and abroad, as advances in AI take surveillance to unprecedented levels.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Also: Discourse is gone, and people are just entrenched — they’re looking for something and not exactly finding it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
“Contemporary narratives that grapple with female complexity, desire and power were always kind of entrenched in my work,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
"They are not monsters - they are just regular people we encounter in our daily lives. Patriarchy is so deeply entrenched that most people are not even aware they are being misogynistic," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
American troops entrenched on the new line and repulsed two powerful German counterattacks.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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