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Segall said the state also should support companies that have already been buying zero-emission trucks with financing programs and get at the root of the transportation problem by expanding mass transit.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
Money and respect were at the root of Butler’s pettiness, Pat Riley’s stubbornness, and the suspensions that capped the end of a five-year partnership.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons at the root of that insidious process.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Cooper, now 18 and 6-foot-9, says those games and his upbringing are at the root of his competitive drive.
—Olympia Sonnier, NBC news, 25 June 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
Money and respect were at the root of Butler’s pettiness, Pat Riley’s stubbornness, and the suspensions that capped the end of a five-year partnership.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons at the root of that insidious process.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Cooper, now 18 and 6-foot-9, says those games and his upbringing are at the root of his competitive drive.
—Olympia Sonnier, NBC news, 25 June 2025
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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 19 Jul. 2025.
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