ingrained
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"Mothers actually teach these routes to their calves when they are young, so the patterns are deeply ingrained," Castro said.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Is that something that was just ingrained in you from a young age?
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Those words, she said, were ingrained in her mind.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Ellwood's memoir, published in 1714, shows how deeply ingrained these norms were.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
It was deeply ingrained in the culture, and it seemed that everyone—man, woman, and child; farmer, civil servant, or doctor—played chess.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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