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deep-rooted

adjective as in firmly fixed or held

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Her Berniece is a complicated mixture of ferocity, warmth and deep-rooted pain, all anchored in her family’s past.

But despite deep-rooted challenges with racism, the game itself also played its part.

From BBC

As both a reader and writer, I notice similar themes in the books I am drawn to, all of which tie into my own deep-rooted fears: mothers who fail their children somehow, women manipulated into subservience, lots of misogynist antagonists.

From Salon

But "fixing the foundations" is fast becoming a very familiar mantra right across Labour, heard in soundbites, on social media, and in speeches galore - the government’s asking for patience from the public to sort out some deep-rooted problems in the country.

From BBC

At a recent event, Peterson detailed an incident that took place seven years ago with someone whose name "rhymes with Pariana Mande," which ended up being a shady encounter that planted a seed for a deep-rooted grudge that is now yielding poisoned fruit, just in time for Halloween.

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