take root
Example Sentences
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"If after a few days the tree showed signs of life and began to take root, they believed that place was meant for them," Arkoful says.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
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
Support from the U.S. government and multilateral financial institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank helped the industry take root.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
“If you take each problem a step at a time,” he continues, “you’ll grow the answer organically. The process will take root in your brain. This is true learning.”
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
