ingrained
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The facility’s extended closure was widely seen as a reflection of the authorities’ extreme aversion to risk in Kuwait, where uncertainty and instability became ingrained following the 1990 Iraqi invasion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
A lot of this is fans’ sensitivity to ticket prices, but kids also have a lot of options now, and going to concerts is not as ingrained in their culture.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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
The question stopped Oppenheimer in his tracks, for, like every other habitue of the Rad Lab, he knew of Ernest’s ingrained suspicion of anything that smacked of politics.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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