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enrooted

verb

past tense of enroot

as in planted

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set everyone remembers that special teacher who enrooted within them a love of learning

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as in rooted

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter a deeply enrooted tradition of respect for the elderly

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That same day, the complaint says Alfozan left his bag unattended in another room, and the company's security personnel opened it and found his ID, wallet and another recording device similar to the one planted in the conference room.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Owned by the Tasca D’Almerita family since 1830, the area is planted with wheat, grain, olive trees, and almond trees in addition to native and international grape varieties.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026

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The conservancy is currently working to release a group of ploughshare tortoises bred there after the species was close to extinction because of poaching.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
As a child of parents who bred him to be the next Green Lantern, John knows full well the conflict between conscience and instinct, a ceaseless war that threatens to explode to the surface.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

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