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uproot

[uhp-root, -root] / ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt /


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"They tried to uproot and throw us out," he told crowds gathered outside.

From BBC • May 24, 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

There was a big task pressing in on us, a big responsibility: to shoulder some power, to uproot the dictator’s thugs, to be effective and thorough with-out becoming vengeful.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple




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