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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

"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

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

Most are followed by restorations, social consciousness being harder to uproot than political structures.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

“But Hitler won’t uproot us,” said the man.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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

Mara, a 37-year-old grieving from the loss of her child during a stillbirth, uproots her life and moves to a seaside town, where she works at a wine shop and slowly learns to heal.

From New York Times Jan. 14, 2022

What the Buddhist overlooks is that the uprooting and destruction of the self-regarding desires results, not in the annihilation, but in the purification and enhanced vitality, of the self that uproots them.

From An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by F. B. (Frank Byron) Jevons

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

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

Campaigning for a second term, Mr. Trump became fully uprooted.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 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

A lone Cyclops swept the street with an uprooted oak tree.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

That sustained progress over recent seasons has come since she made another significant decision, uprooting her life to the north Italian city of Padua to be coached by Marco Airale.

From BBC Aug. 17, 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

Her neighbour, 71-year-old Kusum Mishra, who arrived 50 years ago, also dismissed the "petty compensation" offered, complaining that "they are uprooting us and destroying our lives."

From Barron's May 18, 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

So they were stuck without much of an option aside from Wanda quitting the job she’d had for over a decade and uprooting themselves from the neighborhood where they’d built up a network.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro




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