uproot

Example Sentences

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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

An estimated 75,000—some 2.5% of the population—had no desire to live within an independent republic that held memories of “terror, disillusion, and death,” preferring to uproot themselves to Canada and beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

By the time it struck Jamaica, the storm had reached Category 5 strength, with gusts fierce enough to tear roofs from concrete homes, uproot trees and snap power poles.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

“I felt like that every day on this movie, like there might not ever be a time when Ludwig can just move to another town and uproot his whole family.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Mia began searching for the right, delicate words to uproot this idea, but it was too late.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng