root
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In effect, they act as microscopic extensions of the root system, helping plants reach and absorb nutrients more efficiently.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
You root for the right people in “Unabomber,” even if the heroine is fictional and the talented Mr. Tremblay makes youthful frustration and rage a bit too sympathetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Lee’s pursuit of old tech hardware has always been, at its root, a means to meeting new people, hearing their stories and creating a relationship with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
People across the world adapt to a more agrarian lifestyle, learning to fill the land with root vegetables, grains and legumes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Around midnight, after celebrating the defeat of Mr. Lemoncello with Charles and Marjory over a few bottles of root beer, Andrew Peckleman still needed to sweep up around the motel.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Maybe I have retained my anti-establishment roots after all.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Nail art's historical and creative roots are linked back to black, Latino, and Asian communities and the suggestion that bare nails are now a sign of high status could stigmatise bold manicures, they say.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Goldfinger has been investigating the possibility of linked earthquakes for decades, and the roots of the new research stretch back to an ocean expedition in 1999.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
This is why the christening of LACO’s new home is also a homage to its roots: film composers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
After ten minutes of steady swimming, a huge stump swept past him, its roots extended like outstretched hands.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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