Example Sentences

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As global temperatures climb, the researchers note that deer expansion is uprooting existing predator-prey dynamics.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Jonah, who is uprooting his life to follow her across the country, tries to hide his shock as he returns Amy’s ring.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2020

I don’t have the offer yet, so this may be all conjecture, but my big worry is uprooting my kid and starting over somewhere else.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2018

Unimin is uprooting trees, gouging out topsoil, and tearing down the nearby hills.

From Salon • May 21, 2012

The pioneer of his race, he is uprooting a huge tree, all unconscious that another figure is laboring at his side.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various