rootlessness
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Leon builds the case for the searing profundity of “Topdog/Underdog” scene by scene, as Hawkins and Mateen expertly escalate the tension between Lincoln and Booth, a division widened by childhood rootlessness and adult disappointment.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022
From the beginning, it was precisely the easy style of city living that hotels made possible—the rootlessness, the lack of attention to homemaking, the lively scene—that alarmed progressive crusaders, especially where women were concerned.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2022
With a choice of refugee status abroad or rootlessness inside Ukraine, it is perhaps no surprise that some are risking everything to return to their homes.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2022
She responded to what lingered of his innocence; he was drawn to her rootlessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
As someone who — from his earliest memories — felt like an outsider in every tiny burgh that dotted his landscape, this brand of rootlessness was all I’d ever known.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2019
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