take root
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It would take years, economists and business leaders say, to reorient global patterns of trade that took decades to take root.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Great crime fiction can take root almost anywhere—in a rock-strewn wilderness, a London legal sanctuary, or a swanky Manhattan apartment tower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
But it’s also why Nobu needed to come to Beverly Hills for his concept take root — not just any Los Angeles but the ’80s-era boomtown of power lunches and spend-to-impress dining.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
In a feebler, curious state, falsehoods can take root while truth slips through our hands, and vice versa.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025
Harry said his fence would take root in places, maybe, and get green leaves on it in the spring.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
