roots

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On the remote east side of Mono Lake, he said the animals gobbled down grass, roots and all, depriving certain birds of the worms that live in the vegetation — their sustenance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

“Citizens,” Justice Thomas writes, “were the permanent members of the body politic—the people whose roots were in a place, who called that place home, and who would, if necessary, go to war for that place.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

They lost an entire decade’s worth of sacrifices they’d made to put down roots in their hometown, and the community they’d created.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026

That technical edge is coupled with deep corporate roots, according to J.P.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

He grabbed one of the alders he had used for their shelter and pulled it past the redwood roots.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret