uproot
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"They are an expression of our culture and a key element in shaping and preserving the land. We do not want to uproot ourselves."
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison faces a pivotal decision: Should he uproot his Hollywood studio — the birthplace of such film classics as “Sunset Boulevard,” “The Godfather” and “Beverly Hills Cop”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Many Chinese professionals have settled down in the U.S. and are raising families, making it hard to uproot their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
"I have family in Dumfries, so I wouldn't be looking to uproot them and move to Carlisle to take advantage of paying less tax at this amount," he said.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
He marveled that any force, even an earthquake, had been strong enough to uproot it.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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Owners say they are easy to carry and set up and are safer than umbrellas, which can cause injuries or death when the wind uproots them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
It definitely is a very important topic, and something that needs to be addressed in a way that uproots all of it.
From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2022
Waterwell’s version uproots it to Connecticut, but without any real feeling of place or circumstance.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
In her 1910 autobiography, she wrote of the Santa Ana wind that “its breath dries up the plants, gives headaches to people, and prostrates them … it uproots trees, tears off roofs, and devastates fields.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Cutting and keen are the words of Truth, and like a burnished plowshare, it enters the unsightly field and uproots everything in its path.
From The Right Knock A Story by Helen Van-Anderson
A core conviction, she wrote in “Outrageous Acts,” was “that sex and race discrimination are so pragmatically linked and anthropologically interdependent that one cannot be successfully uprooted without taking on the other.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Images from the small village of Pomas, which was the hardest hit, showed uprooted trees, damaged cars and rubble from destroyed homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
On its 53-mile path to the Pacific Ocean, water ripped through orchards, uprooted orange groves and flipped cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Super Typhoon Sinlaku, which hit in mid-April, knocked out power for tens of thousands of people, uprooted trees, overturned cars and ripped metal roofs off buildings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
He pulled her to the trunk of the huge redwood tree that had uprooted.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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In Agliano Terme, Filippo Mobrici refuses to consider the idea of uprooting vines.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
“The uprooting of the human being was a declared program.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
It’s hard to predict if uprooting yourself will bring more pros and fewer cons.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Ours is an age not only of cultural backsliding but also of people uprooting themselves for the sake of safety and reinvention.
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
She would count uprooting her family as disruptive.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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