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dug in

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established firmly and securely

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"Unfortunately, when someone is entrenched in a lifestyle such as this, they are likely to have experienced trauma in varying forms and so it takes time to build a relationship with them and develop trust.
Here again, we come up against entrenched positions.
Public Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick said: "As today's report shows, there remain entrenched and stubborn issues that we must address.
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri commended the Lebanese Army operation on the northeastern border against Daesh (ISIS) militants entrenched in the area late Sunday.
Does he realise, no matter how miniscule this congeries of entrenched oligarchies may be, how formidable and how unchallengeable is this rapacious parasitical lot?
It is time for some kind of term limits for elected Shrewsbury town officials, to eliminate the current situation of an entrenched oligarchy with their incessant, dire declarations of an impending financial doomsday if their spend, spend philosophy is not continued.
But the dictionary's editor, Sue Butler, says the definition will now be broadened to include 'entrenched prejudice against women', ABC news reports.
Quine's Word and Object, two related criticisms of Quine's philosophy have become entrenched. One is that Quine's naturalistic epistemology is descriptive, not normative, and so fails to provide an account of epistemic justification.
Four new NSG regional hubs were announced for Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai after the attack -- when the NSG commandos could not reach Mumbai in time from their headquarters in Manesar, Gurgaon, to stop the ten terrorists from getting entrenched in various places in the city to carry out their plans.
In a statement ahead of this anniversary, Hague said that these events showed that the desire for freedom can overcome entrenched and repressive regimes.
The core of our analysis always rested on comparing the 1 OX cases--a 10X company beats its industry index by at least 10 times--to the comparisons across time and asking, What was different?" This method of inquiry proved particularly powerful for not only developing insights but also shattering deeply entrenched myths.
/ March 10, 2011 -- Ivory Coast&'s entrenched incumbent president imposed a no-fly order on U.N.