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uproot

[uhp-root, -root] / ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt /


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"They're asking us to uproot our lives, move elsewhere, and they're not telling us any information at all," he said.

From BBC May 30, 2026

Once a false image takes hold, it is nearly impossible to uproot, and the flood of fabricated content has a corrosive effect: It makes us doubt everything.

From Salon May 24, 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

Efforts to help the crisis-hit industry include the government's latest 130-million-euro "arrachage" fund that opened last Friday, offering subsidies to loss-making owners to uproot their vines.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

“You know, she has a daughter, too, and it wouldn’t be fair to make them uproot their lives when they’re doing a favor for us.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Abdul-Malik’s homecoming, coupled with the grief surrounding Diane’s passing, uproots the household’s unspoken truths.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 8, 2023

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

This is not rebuilding but de-building that destroys houses, uproots trees and generates tons of debris, irreversibly degrading charming neighborhoods.

From Washington Post Jan. 3, 2022

The fruit tree grows in silence; the tempest which uproots it shakes the earth to its centre.

From About Ireland by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

Super Typhoon Sinlaku, which hit the region in mid-April, knocked out power for tens of thousands of inhabitants, uprooted trees, overturned cars and ripped metal roofs off buildings.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

Her family uprooted from Pennsylvania to Nashville when she was 14 "so that I could hone my craft in the songwriting capital of the world", she said at the New York ceremony.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

At least three former colleagues of mine have uprooted their families, changed jobs and moved overseas within the last few years.

From Salon May 31, 2026

And how much does she dedicate to Nothingness Flats, her home in the Mojave Desert that’s being uprooted and flattened for the sake of a massive solar array?

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

The terror of the dreaming he had done on this bed was gone, uprooted from his belly; and the woman had filled the hollow spaces with new dreams.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

His elderly parents and children remain in Russia and he dreads uprooting his family.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Remaining in an existing home has powerful appeal compared with uprooting one’s life and relocating to somewhere new and unfamiliar.

From MarketWatch Apr. 15, 2026

Look, the Brits needed to give Manchester some love after uprooting the show and moving north.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

It meant completely uprooting her life and also focusing on a singular character for an extended period of time.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2026

His head was leaned down over their picket fence and he was chawing on bunches of flowers, uprooting most of Mrs. Highgate’s black-eye Susies.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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