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uproot

[uhp-root, -root] / ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt /


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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

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

As women water vegetables and uproot weeds in a rural corner of north-eastern Nigeria, men in uniform stand guard nearby holding huge rifles.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

The move will mean Trismik’s team of one Brit, one Italian and one Finn will have to uproot their lives in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

“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




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