entrench

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• The failures “entrenched the idea that our leading theory for how supernovas explode maybe doesn’t work,” said Sean Couch, a computational astrophysicist at Michigan State University.

• Rather, this move is good because it further entrenches the Nats as to who they are.

• Derek Carr, now the Las Vegas Raiders’s starter, was entrenched at quarterback.

• Doubling down on it now will simply further entrench an error-prone and unconstitutional system that will continue to be used unfairly against people of color.

• Venezuela’s authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro has entrenched his power further after winning December’s legislative elections.

• Will inaction lead to a more deeply entrench conflict—more violence and death—or will the problem go away on its own?

• In 1905, a group of Indians from a variety of native peoples united to entrench “tribal sovereignty” against federal power.

• The peace treaty was also a chance to distract from his interest in working to entrench Israel sovereignty over the West Bank.

• A dogmatic person will entrench himself in his dearly held beliefs and vigorously fight that truth.

• And it would entrench a mirror division between American Jews who advocate boycott and those who never could.

• You may go hence if your courage fails you outright; but I'll throw up the bridge and entrench myself within these walls.

• He could not himself behind glittering generalities another minute.