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How to use the word rooting in a Sentence? Page #3

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Tomorrow, I'm rooting for the Patriots.

John Kasich

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Love my alma mater, but rooting for a Hawkeyes win today. #RoseBowl.

Carly Fiorina

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The brand which will suffer the most from Steve Harvey’s gaffe at the Miss Universe contest is Steve Harvey, what a terrible mistake. For Miss Columbia, one can only feel sympathy and feel bad for her. One can only imagine the pain and wide range of emotions she is feeling. I think the whole world feels bad for her, and I am sure there are many brands who are rooting for her.

Ronn Torossian

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I think that radical transparency would go a long way to rooting out employers paying men and women differently for the same work.

Emily Martin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our thoughts and prayers are with Rosalynn and the entire Carter family as they face this challenge with the same grace and determination that they have shown so many times before. Jimmy, you're as resilient as they come, and along with the rest of America, we are rooting for you.

President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Jimmy, White House spokesman Eric Schultz're as resilient as they come, and along with the rest of America, we are rooting for White House spokesman Eric Schultz.

Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I really don't think these are partisan issues. Only in Washington do they become partisan; not with the American people. So Republicans out in the communities are rooting for us.

Richard Nixon

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Let’s be modest. Africa is vast, and it would be pretentious to speak in its name. I’m fighting the battle with words because I’m a storyteller, a griot. Rightly or wrongly, they call us masters of the spoken word. Our duty is to encourage the West to appreciate Africa more. It’s also true that many Africans don’t really know their own continent. And if you forget your culture, you lose sight of yourself. It is said that “the day you no longer know where you’re going, just remember where you came from.” Our strength lies in our culture. Everything I do as a storyteller, a griot, stems from this rooting and openness.

Sotigui Kouyaté

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but the rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union, by consolidating it in a common bond of principle.

George Washington

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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