hidebound
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For now, the hidebound traditions of royalty loom over their relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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
The agency was just like the Saginaw he’d run from, Dudek said: an insular, hidebound place where everyone knew everyone and they all thought innovation would cost them their jobs.
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025
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
These hidebound trustees were determined to run the Research Corporation as conservatively as they ran their own businesses—that is, accumulating a large capital cushion before starting to give it away.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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