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[root, root] / rut, rʊt /




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In response, designer brand Lurelly posted: “If by surgeon you mean her new born baby. I can’t wait for a world where we root for each other rather than assume.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The shuttle of the Iran World Cup team between Mexico and the United States took root Sunday in Tijuana with an accessory.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"They're likable, they're easy to love, they're easy to root for," said superfan Anthony Donahue.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

A new scientific review suggests that Polygonum multiflorum, a root long used in traditional Chinese medicine, may deserve serious attention as a potential therapy for androgenetic alopecia.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

She tells me about their root systems—that even though the trees can grow over three hundred feet high, their roots barely go down a dozen feet in the ground.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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