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"My culture is so ingrained in me, even though I was born in London," she says.

Indeed, the middle class as a concept has become deeply ingrained into what it means to be American.

“The ACA is so deeply ingrained, we need massive reform to make this work, and we got a lot of ideas on how to do that.”

Clan identity is deeply ingrained in Somali society and politics, but it can be a sensitive topic.

For Ulin, and for many others raised in New York, hating the Dodgers was ingrained in the mind, like hating an ex.