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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rooting (for)
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Senators later adopted Amendment 1 before approving the bill.
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Finland’s parliament on Wednesday voted to lift a decades-old ban on nuclear weapons, approving a major defense policy shift aimed at aligning the country more closely with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deterrence strategy.
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Democrats criticize Mamdani, candidates after wins Multiple Democrats have come out against not only Mamdani for endorsing them, but the candidates themselves.
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Trump first began antagonizing Senate Republicans last month by endorsing challenges to two of their own incumbents.
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Western, for his part, had by this time recovered something of his usual bluster, and began again upon the subject of Blifil, commending his estate and his family with great earnestness, as though these considerations alone ought to have settled the matter long since.
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Kennedy then mentioned her daughter and became emotional while commending her work.
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Some cardiology guidelines push lower, recommending a target under 65 or 80 mg/dL for people ages 40 to 75 who take statins.
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However, one small study is not enough to support recommending peppermint oil as a treatment for hypertension.
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Large enterprise buyers have typically been suspicious of horizontal platforms that promise to do everything, favoring integrations that slot neatly into existing systems.
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How that is playing out in terms of stylistic difference will have to be weighed by bootleg-favoring Dylanologists who are more attuned to the subtleties of band interplay.
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“Rooting (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rooting%20%28for%29. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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