uprooting

Example Sentences

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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

Many Venezuelans who left much earlier—some decades ago—say it is hard to imagine uprooting from their adopted home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The social and economic costs of uprooting are bigger than the tax savings.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

So that's what they did, uprooting their lives to a log cabin in the Tennessean woods.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

The change helped insulate agents from local corruption and created a truly national force, yet it also ignored regional difference and had the dehumanizing effect of constantly uprooting employees.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann