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However ridiculous claims of civil war may be, Starmer and his government will have to grapple with claims propagated by the far-right that at the root of many of the U.K.’s problems are migrants and ethnic minorities.
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
These elements are at the root of the confusion and misunderstanding that can occur when people attempt to build relationships across cultures.
—Andy Molinsky
melissa Hahn, Harvard Business Review, 29 Feb. 2024
But judging asylum claims on this standard has often been an exhaustive, slow and punctilious process, ascertaining the persecutor’s intent, verifying the claimant’s beliefs or identity at the root of the persecution and so on.
—Bill Frelick, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
Nervous system dysregulation is often at the root of sleep disruptions.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
These elements are at the root of the confusion and misunderstanding that can occur when people attempt to build relationships across cultures.
—Andy Molinsky
melissa Hahn, Harvard Business Review, 29 Feb. 2024
But judging asylum claims on this standard has often been an exhaustive, slow and punctilious process, ascertaining the persecutor’s intent, verifying the claimant’s beliefs or identity at the root of the persecution and so on.
—Bill Frelick, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
Nervous system dysregulation is often at the root of sleep disruptions.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 June 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 18 Aug. 2024.
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