root
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Cancer takes root long before a tumor is visible.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Mahmoud Ali Youssouf also stressed the urgent need to "address the root causes of irregular migration, combat migrant smuggling and trafficking in persons, and promote safe, orderly and regular migration".
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
With government oversight of supply chains sometimes lacking, industry-led certification programs have sought to fill the gap and root out unsustainable, unethical or illegal practices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Enter The Profiler, a self-proclaimed crime fighter who has made it his mission to root out online scams and fake job ads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Good thing we don’t have to look long for the conjure root.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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The primary suite features a handful of the striking stained-glass windows that appear throughout the home, harkening back to the property’s roots as the Peace Church.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Along with the backward-curving cusps that helped it catch aquatic prey, the animal possessed specialized canine teeth with three roots, a distinctive feature that surprised the researchers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
She’s running as a candidate with working-class roots, focused on the farmers and rural communities she argues both political parties have neglected.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
Stephanie Slade’s “Fusionism: Liberty, Virtue, and the Future of the American Right” explores the intellectual roots of fusionism and, by extension, American conservatism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Gently, she touches the corms, the leaves, the roots.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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