entrenched
Example Sentences
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“It also ignores the resilience of entrenched authoritarian systems like the Islamic Republic.”
What Ray perceives as unexamined thinking and entrenched prejudice is, along with a clear warning about climate change, very present in “Burn the Water.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Reform at this scale will test entrenched interests, and it will not move in a straight line.”
From Salon
He is contesting in what's become a key race between Nepal's entrenched political establishment and a new generation of politicians.
From BBC
Upon his death, many observers expected greater power for the Revolutionary Guards, which are deeply entrenched in the Iranian economy.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.