uprooted

past tense of uproot
as in pulled
to draw out by force or with effort uprooted the old bridge's pilings upon the completion of its replacement

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Recent Examples of uprooted Even if some families have not struggled financially through this process, all of them have been uprooted. — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 Security turned out to be the exception and the narrative as a whole has mostly been uprooted. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026 Many people in northern Ethiopia, including the neighboring regions of Amhara and Afar, were uprooted from their homes and tens of thousands of were believed to have been killed. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 Nantz said the town’s contractors have started stump removal for the scores of trees that were uprooted. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Their mothers taught them how to cook Palestinian food after geopolitical turmoil uprooted their families to the United States. — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2026 Residential areas toward Concord Avenue and Canton Street had numerous large trees uprooted and snapped, electrical and lighting poles bent or snapped, and homes exhibiting roof/siding/window damage. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Supposing the river was to flood, the pines and willows along its banks would be uprooted and carried away in a matter of moments. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026 Trees can be uprooted, roads may be blocked and power outages can last from days to weeks. — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
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Verb
  • Berkeley police said the long object Shrine pulled from his pocket while following Winograd into her apartment building was believed to be a barbecue lighter.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Saints follows Lali, a drifter and a thief, who is pulled back to Barcelona to face and care for her estranged mother Gloria.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • Three of the four are co-ferments, which means the beans are put in anaerobic tanks, where oxygen is extracted and fruit is added.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Trump has extracted multi-million settlements from ABC and CBS after suing them over their reporting.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The catch is that the number of neutrons in the universe plummeted during the game, like chairs being yanked out of line.
    — Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
  • However, multiple lab-wide reorganizations after NASA yanked its flagship Mars project increased the overhead for other projects like GRACE-Continuity.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
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  • Someone pried open the rear cover to a truck and stole a set of golf clubs for a loss of about $3,000.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • But maybe pried his focus and joy and freedom away just a little bit going into the year.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, all four songs sound like they were plucked from previous albums like Midnights or The Tortured Poets Department.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Paired with a prominent pink lip and punctuating updo, the glam appeared as if it were plucked from an early 2000s look book.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Uprooted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprooted. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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