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The Public Advocate Office argued that might allow for grasses and non-native species, which are much more fire-prone, to take root.

Finally, Dame Judi Dench was nominated for a 2013 Oscar for “Philomena,” a moving fact-based dramedy rooted in the horrific scandal of the Magdalen Sisters in Ireland.

Their sense of powerlessness, whether real or imagined, is at the root of their despair.

The “sponge” holds moisture within itself—as sponges do—keeping that moisture from filtering down deeper where it would no longer reach plants’ roots, and enhancing the effects of fertilizer.

When you modify gravity, you’re trying to go back to the roots of what space-time is — the left-hand side — and seeing if there’s a modification that makes sense.

A Republican candidate hoping to win red state support could find a worse team to root for than one from Dallas.

Last summer, I spoke with first black supermodel Beverly Johnson about this for The Root.

It has grown from a rotten root—striving to replace human judgment with detailed dictates.

The root of the word irony is in the Greek eironeia, “liar.”

Speak to the friends and people you need to root out in life and let that conversation flow.

He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.

But at the root of the unnatural miracles is the natural miracle—the heart of man.

You see, I stuck to him like a log to a root, but for the first week or so 'twant no use—not a bit.

The same two impulses are said to lie at the root of the elaborate art of personal adornment developed by savages.

This book occasioned some prelates to say that they must root out printing or printing would root out them.