take root
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It was not known how the fire started, but Bambang said the park was extremely dry as El Nino conditions take root in Indonesia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
A short walk along an irrigation canal leads to a weathered observation deck rising two stories above a patchwork of saturated flats where saltgrass, iodine bush and cattail take root.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
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
Our robot had arrived at the tundra, where cold temperatures and short growing seasons made it impossible for trees to take root.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
