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are uprooting
verb
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate.
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In growing numbers, experts say, highly educated children of immigrants to the United States are uprooting themselves and moving to their ancestral countries.
"In growing numbers, experts say, highly educated children of immigrants to the United States are uprooting themselves and moving to their ancestral countries," Mr. Semple writes.
"We are uprooting our family and going to work in Australia, which is not something we want to do but we have been pushed to do," she said.
By uprooting elementary schools like Bethune, where around 98 percent of the students are black and from low-income homes, parents say officials are uprooting the personal and academic lifelines of Chicago's neediest communities.
One reason why thousands of families from Kosovo and elsewhere are uprooting themselves to join the crowds from Syria and Afghanistan to try to reach Germany and Scandinavia is that the long wait for EU accession, and for better living prospects, never materialised.
In a small field, half an hour by military helicopter from Culiacan, soldiers are uprooting bright green marijuana plants from the soil.
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So even if we are uprooted, life could be better here.
Problems always result when large numbers of people are uprooted against their will.
Electrical poles are uprooted.
Ensure that the blackheads are uprooted.
AI is uprooting traditional approaches to employee training and management.
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