take root
Example Sentences
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A short walk along an irrigation canal leads to a weathered observation deck rising two stories above a patchwork of saturated flats where saltgrass, iodine bush and cattail take root.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
It would take years, economists and business leaders say, to reorient global patterns of trade that took decades to take root.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Efforts to encourage investing in Japan, where many have long kept a big chunk of their wealth in deposit accounts, have been slow to take root.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
"I see it as a staged process. I don't see it as something that, necessarily, in a popular sense, will take root until long after the bombing is over."
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
The llano had come alive with spring, and it was comforting to walk in the hills and see the new birth take root and come-alive-green.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
