entrenched
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But Vrticka says that change is gradual and professional support is likely to be needed for people with more entrenched attachment patterns.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Brown decision was “a historic step forward” but it “just a beginning” in the fight against entrenched racial injustice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Now, with hiring steadier and fresh cost pressures arriving from energy and AI at once, that same instinct to wait carries more risk that above-target inflation gets entrenched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Many of these winning candidates have unseated entrenched incumbents, as 29-year-old Colorado attorney Melat Kiros did to U.S.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The enemy army was closer now, entrenched only a few hundred yards outside the palace.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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