dug-in

Attempts to take the town previously had led to heavy losses and frequent back-pedalling by anti-Gaddafi fighters who were outgunned by the 2,000 dug-in loyalists that are thought to have remained.

Gaddafi stronghold Bani Walid falls 2011

Yet sometimes Bajaj wins by being a dug-in upholder of tradition.

Restaurateur Ashok Bajaj: Potentate of the D.C. plate Manuel Roig-Franzia 2011

He knew the well dug-in enemy was under no real pressure on the front line and needed very few supplies anyway to sustain operations during the stalemate.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

But Australia's commodity sector is more firmly dug-in these days.

Australian Dollar on Sturdier Ground Cynthia Koons 2012

Yet sometimes Bajaj wins by being a dug-in upholder of tradition.

Restaurateur Ashok Bajaj: Potentate of the D.C. plate Manuel Roig-Franzia 2011

The inability of Allied naval gunfire and bombing to penetrate the volcanic terrain sufficiently to reach the deeply dug-in Japanese provided the Japanese with an incentive to repeat the tactic utilized on Iwo and showed the Americans that even the heaviest bombardment from the sea and control of the air could not be counted on to preclude fierce Japanese resistance that had to be overcome by strenuous—and costly—combat for every inch of land.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

But the official acknowledged that the administration may quickly face a new dilemma if talks remain at a standstill and it is called on to choose sides between the adamant opposition and a dug-in Mubarak.

Egypt's opposition parties fracture as talks with government begin Griff Witte 2011

But the official acknowledged that the administration may quickly face a new dilemma if talks remain at a standstill and it is called on to choose sides between the adamant opposition and a dug-in Mubarak.

Egypt's opposition parties fracture as talks with government begin Griff Witte 2011

But the official acknowledged that the administration may quickly face a new dilemma if talks remain at a standstill and it is called on to choose sides between the adamant opposition and a dug-in Mubarak.

Egypt's opposition parties fracture as talks with government begin Griff Witte 2011

Although NATO has been chest-beating lately about its routing of Taliban forces, darkly there has always been concern that the Haqqani network is much more wily, dug-in and dangerous.

Virginia M. Moncrieff: Clear and Present Danger: The Haqqani Network Virginia M. Moncrieff 2011