root
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"That way authorities can better root out digital deception like this and permanently remove the fraudsters responsible for what is a truly online scourge."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The shuttle of the Iran World Cup team between Mexico and the United States took root Sunday in Tijuana with an accessory.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
A new scientific review suggests that Polygonum multiflorum, a root long used in traditional Chinese medicine, may deserve serious attention as a potential therapy for androgenetic alopecia.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
"It's too early to know the root cause but we're already working to find it," Bezos wrote on X.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
I would have liked a root beer along about then, but I didn’t have a nickel to buy one.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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