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The city council could now be faced with making appointments soon after an election, which was at the root of controversy in 2021.
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Is there something in your own experience that is at the root of this story?
—Dean Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
This tension is at the root of everything for me.
—Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Wehling believed inflammation is at the root of joint pain and that human blood contained a remedy.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Is there something in your own experience that is at the root of this story?
—Dean Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
This tension is at the root of everything for me.
—Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Wehling believed inflammation is at the root of joint pain and that human blood contained a remedy.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for at the root of
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“At the root of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20root%20of. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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