take root
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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
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
"I see it as a staged process. I don't see it as something that, necessarily, in a popular sense, will take root until long after the bombing is over."
From BBC • Jun. 25, 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
