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
And worse comes a sweep, where our clients are not just suddenly uprooted, but lose their practical items, like clothes and paperwork, and cherished personal mementos.
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Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Suddenly, in the last 48 hours before the trade deadline, the Clippers uprooted their core by trading James Harden to Cleveland and Zubac to Indiana.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Everything is uprooted when it’s implied that Kate Mara’s character Nancy dies.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
While the facility includes features for children – such as a gym, a library, and classrooms – attorneys and advocates have reported poor conditions and concerns over children getting uprooted from their daily routines and held in a detention center to no fault of their own.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
But for this to happen, the Maduro regime—which exceeds Maduro himself—would have to be completely uprooted.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Thousands of residents and buildings are being uprooted in Kiruna, a city that lies 145 kilometers (90 miles) north of the Arctic Circle.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
On the University of Colorado Boulder campus, branches littered the ground along with some large trees that were uprooted.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Ian, in just one example uprooted and moved whole townhouses and flooded homes and condos, filling them with beach sand along the Gulf Coast.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Suddenly, in the last 48 hours before the trade deadline, the Clippers uprooted their core by trading James Harden to Cleveland and Zubac to Indiana.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Everything is uprooted when it’s implied that Kate Mara’s character Nancy dies.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
While the facility includes features for children – such as a gym, a library, and classrooms – attorneys and advocates have reported poor conditions and concerns over children getting uprooted from their daily routines and held in a detention center to no fault of their own.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
But for this to happen, the Maduro regime—which exceeds Maduro himself—would have to be completely uprooted.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Thousands of residents and buildings are being uprooted in Kiruna, a city that lies 145 kilometers (90 miles) north of the Arctic Circle.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
On the University of Colorado Boulder campus, branches littered the ground along with some large trees that were uprooted.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Ian, in just one example uprooted and moved whole townhouses and flooded homes and condos, filling them with beach sand along the Gulf Coast.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprooted
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He was pulled from the game with one out in his second inning after throwing 36 pitches, just 17 strikes.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Bears trailed 1-0 in the final minute of regulation, but Rian Marquardt tied the contest with 56 ticks remaining after White Bear Lake pulled its goalie.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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Jiang and her team extracted samples from several human teeth uncovered during excavations at Jerash in the 1980s and analyzed them using two technologies.—
Durrie Bouscaren,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2026
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The lunar south pole is where water ice is thought to be abundant that could be extracted and used for drinking, breathing and as a source of hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel for missions to Mars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Trump has since yanked his endorsement of Hurd and threatened to follow suit against any Republican who voted to repeal tariffs.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Feb. 2026
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But in late January, a cadre of federal workers yanked placards from the site’s brick walls in response to a March 2025 executive order from the White House that shunned complication.—
Adam Harris,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
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These pieces were often physically damaged, having been pried off temple walls or other structures by looters.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Brooks’ legacy lives on though, but for the players themselves, there remains an indelible bond that can never be pried apart.—
Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Rather than wait on her line tho, Sesno smartly came forward and plucked the ball out of the air before a shot could be taken.—
Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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There was a short period, near the end of a messy, deeply ambiguous night of football at the Parc des Princes, that could have come directly from May 2025, plucked from the timeline and placed here, a little winter gift from the sporting gods.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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