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• But Barber feels certain the medication is at the root of her problems.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
• Widespread concern The ailing property sector is widely believed to lie at the root of China’s numerous economic woes.
  — Juliana Liu, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
• Ukraine’s wish to join the E.U. is at the root of the Kremlin’s war.
  — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• To use the tool, start at the root of your wet hair and slowly drag it down.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• That was at the root of works like Salvador and Platoon.
  — Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
• But while the strength of the players’ feeling is not in doubt, what lies at the root of it is less clear.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• Find out what’s at the root of his thinking on this topic.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
• The pitching staff would be at the root of the next two World Series titles, too.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
• But the earnestness at the root of this directness is the great strength of Bedford Falls.
  — Jack Butler, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
• The long nozzle helps to get in between each braid or cornrow to break up the gunk that forms at the root of your hair.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 10 Sep. 2022
• Others counter that efforts like the teacher calm rooms don’t get at the root of the problem.
  — Kalia Yee, oregonlive, 26 June 2023
• For Earl, this was at the root of his frustration with Iger’s comments.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
• Microbes are at the root of healthy soil, the root of animal digestion and the root of, well, roots.
  — Julia Skinner, Longreads, 16 July 2022
• What is at the root of the strange occurrences at Skinwalker Ranch?
  — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 25 July 2023
• If there is a health issue at the root of this outburst, adding to her distress feels cruel.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
• Indeed, habits are at the root of success, but also of failure.
  — Xavier Preterit, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Vague school rules are at the root of millions of student suspensions.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
• Still, the movie is smart enough to ask: How much denial and self-interest are at the root of Sharon’s selflessness?
  — Jen Yamato, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
• Before the panic about the role of outsiders in the protests, the complaint was that left-wing professors were at the root of student anger.
  — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
• So, if bad brain chemistry isn’t at the root of chronic depression, what is?
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
• Some allies have urged him to forge a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the war at the root of the latest troubles in the Middle East.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
• Differences such as these could be at the root of stuttering.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
• There is reason in the mix of consumer spending also to doubt the durability of the consumer splurge at the root of all the good news.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• One of the things at the root of populism is conspiracy theory.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Oct. 2024
• Making more money, and being able to play more games, thus keeping her skills sharp in the off-season, is at the root of why Griner went to Russia.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
• The energy of uncertainty is at the root of all your forms of anxiety.
  — Julia Digangi, Fortune Well, 29 Aug. 2023
• The idea that one process could be at the root of numerous diseases is powerful to many scientists.
  — Laura Ungar, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
• That’s exactly what’s at the root of the fear Kaho experiences.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
• Epiglottis, which is a flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue that is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
• Beyond policy, there are design issues at the root of some of these problems.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024