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The film depicts war in all its violence and horror, with savage hand-to-hand combat, civilians dying in the crossfire, and dogs rooting among the corpses.
Source: Film / Civilization -
Raise your hand if you were rooting for James to beat Ash in the Hoenn Pokeringer competition.
Source: Yank the Dog's Chain -
Sometimes fans are actually left rooting for Shane just for all the extreme measures he takes just to get some upper hand.
Source: Wrestling / Shane McMahon
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Rooting and Hand. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand/rooting
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Rooting or Hand. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand/rooting.
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