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uproot

[uhp-root, -root] / ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt /


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Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison faces a pivotal decision: Should he uproot his Hollywood studio — the birthplace of such film classics as “Sunset Boulevard,” “The Godfather” and “Beverly Hills Cop”?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

"They tried to uproot and throw us out," he told crowds gathered outside.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

Once a false image takes hold, it is nearly impossible to uproot, and the flood of fabricated content has a corrosive effect: It makes us doubt everything.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

Many Chinese professionals have settled down in the U.S. and are raising families, making it hard to uproot their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

I would uproot some and eat them raw.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Owners say they are easy to carry and set up and are safer than umbrellas, which can cause injuries or death when the wind uproots them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

Abdul-Malik’s homecoming, coupled with the grief surrounding Diane’s passing, uproots the household’s unspoken truths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

It definitely is a very important topic, and something that needs to be addressed in a way that uproots all of it.

From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2022

Waterwell’s version uproots it to Connecticut, but without any real feeling of place or circumstance.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

"How long do you suppose a post would last in a mild little wind-storm that uproots trees and tosses them about like wisps of hay?" laughed Polly.

From Polly of Pebbly Pit by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

A core conviction, she wrote in “Outrageous Acts,” was “that sex and race discrimination are so pragmatically linked and anthropologically interdependent that one cannot be successfully uprooted without taking on the other.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

On its 53-mile path to the Pacific Ocean, water ripped through orchards, uprooted orange groves and flipped cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

He uprooted the green bushes on his small farm in a remote corner of the province of Meta in Colombia, reachable only by river, and replaced them with legal crops like cassava and plantain.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

At least three former colleagues of mine have uprooted their families, changed jobs and moved overseas within the last few years.

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

We must be in the hole of an uprooted tree, buried in fallen trees, he thought.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Florence Chapelier, 53, moved to Normandy from the south of France last year, uprooting her and husband’s architectural-design business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

More than a million people displaced from the south face an "uprooting... with terrible repercussions," she said.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Ours is an age not only of cultural backsliding but also of people uprooting themselves for the sake of safety and reinvention.

From Salon ● May 20, 2026

Remaining in an existing home has powerful appeal compared with uprooting one’s life and relocating to somewhere new and unfamiliar.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

In its fury, the bear was clawing at the mouth of the cave, uprooting the yew and tearing it apart.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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