take root
Example Sentences
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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
Support from the U.S. government and multilateral financial institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank helped the industry take root.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
A culture of reputational defensiveness was able to take root, and false narratives were re-run.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
The work there has included arranging bales of straw on the sand, which has enabled native shrubs to take root and begin to keep down the blowing dust.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025
I can’t let this seed of a thing between those two take root, sprout, and become some sort of full-blown love affair.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
