uproot

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“This is how we turn the tide in our culture: Uproot the evil and plant seeds of truth, goodness, and beauty,” Mr. Cameron said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 16, 2023

After more than 15 years of touring, writing his Mudd Up blog and digitally-enhanced globe-trotting, Clayton has published his first book, Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2016

“It slowly dawned on me,” Clayton writes in Uproot, “that the music that got lauded within Morocco had virtually no overlap with the stuff successfully presented outside its borders.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2016

As for sweets, the light banana tempura and the pineapple cheesecake were in keeping with the calibrated balance of Uproot, but best and most decadent were the house-made ice creams and sorbets.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2010

"Or deluges, descending on the plains, Sweep o'er the yellow year, destroy the pains Of lab'ring oxen, and the peasant's gains; Uproot the forest oaks, and bear away Flocks, folds, and trees, an undistinguish'd prey."

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander