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Aerial footage of the crash’s aftermath from KTLA showed a plume of smoke rising from an open hole in the building’s roof, though firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze at the root of the smoke.
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
In the circle of blame, there is a sizeable portion that can be attributed to Postecoglou but recruitment, at the root of any team’s success, deserves the biggest scrutiny of all.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The public's reaction to his killing has highlighted the avarice and inequality that many Americans believe is at the root of the country's health care system, Axios' Ivana Saric writes.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
My original motivation was really to have to write a story that would use my subconscious strengths to explore the question of evil, which is at the root of the Bible, at the root of a lot of Greek philosophy, and a lot of Freudian psychology.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
In the circle of blame, there is a sizeable portion that can be attributed to Postecoglou but recruitment, at the root of any team’s success, deserves the biggest scrutiny of all.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The public's reaction to his killing has highlighted the avarice and inequality that many Americans believe is at the root of the country's health care system, Axios' Ivana Saric writes.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
My original motivation was really to have to write a story that would use my subconscious strengths to explore the question of evil, which is at the root of the Bible, at the root of a lot of Greek philosophy, and a lot of Freudian psychology.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
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“At the root of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20root%20of. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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