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
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
Boundaries blur as tapioca fences take root and bloom.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
