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In Tehran, some ordinary Iranians feared a deal with the United States would entrench the authorities' rule.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Over the long term, economists say China’s push to expand its factory floor worldwide could entrench its position as the dominant force in global manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

In a January essay, he detailed concerns that bad actors could use AI to mount devastating biological attacks, and that authoritarian regimes could use it to entrench their power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

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

Still, budget watchdogs argue that subsidies are too generous and the system disproportionately benefits large farms, which entrenches consolidation in agriculture.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

"This is an issue that further entrenches health inequalities with the most deprived children far more likely to be impacted than their richer peers," she added.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

The risk is a settlement that entrenches Iranian influence over Persian Gulf energy exports for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

It entrenches the idea of moviegoing as an exception, a rarity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

But she entrenches herself behind her obstinacy; she knows that I would vanquish her; she has no good arguments with which to answer me; for I love her madly, desperately, frantically!

From The Cross of Berny by Florence Fendall

But these broad coalitions were fragile, while the economic and institutional power of entrenched oligarchies remained largely intact.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

“There are entrenched businesses like Salesforce that own a very proprietary set of data that make them much more formidable in this new era, and also probably a much bigger benefactor of the technology.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

“Often, the longer a girl goes without knowing she has autism, the more deeply entrenched are her own negative attributions about her failings,” Kenworthy said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Kashkari said that if inflation remains stubborn, he might support a series of rate increases, not just one, to prevent inflation from becoming more entrenched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

At first, Farmer and Alex Goldfarb, each entrenched in his point of view, didn’t get along.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

As everyone waits to see how the bill fares in the Senate, below is a rundown of how a range of industries view proposals to “lock the clock” and “ditch the switch” by entrenching DST.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Describe any other exclusionary conduct on the part of Netflix that would reasonably appear capable of entrenching market or monopoly power,” the agency asked in the subpoena, sent to another entertainment company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

"The more mpox circulation we permit, the more opportunities the virus has to recombine and adapt, further entrenching mpox virus as a human pathogen that is not going away," she said.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

It also risks further entrenching big pharma, which can afford to move its manufacturing and shift supply chains on whim.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 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