hidebound
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Getting there means tearing up a century of manufacturing practices in a notoriously hidebound industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Over time, cadets concentrating in social sciences formed an elite enclave, which became an object of resentment and ridicule among some more hidebound officers.
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2026
There was a time when Olympians weren’t allowed to receive any money, when the International Olympic Committee clung to a hidebound notion of amateurism.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2024
Egyptian-backed young officers in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, staged a coup in 1962 against a hidebound theocratic leader who had long kept the country in a state of isolation.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024
As additional proof from other laboratories and experiments accumulated in the 1950s, even the most hidebound skeptics had to convert into believers.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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