entrenched
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Oil markets have begun to “shed the entrenched optimism about a quick and durable end to the war disruption.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
It also echoed other bottom-up, youth-led protest movements that have recently challenged what they see as entrenched, unresponsive power structures in Europe and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
The team was convinced that Antonelli’s youth, his hundreds of hours in simulators, and his lack of entrenched habits would help him adapt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
This one did something else, reaching extreme heights but never achieving the sustained success of more entrenched conspiracy theories.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
For the most part, entrenched custom dies hard and blanket spraying continues to thrive, to exact its heavy annual costs from the taxpayer, and to inflict its damage on the ecological web of life.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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State of the Union Address 2016
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