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banish

[ban-ish] / ˈbæn ɪʃ /


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De Zerbi must banish the ghosts of two seasons littered with losses.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

But the real frustration will come from the fact Spurs had the opportunity to banish all relegation fears here and were simply not good enough to take advantage.

From BBC May 19, 2026

We should banish it, because I’ve learned the hard way that it’s too abstract.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

Peter Stolypin, one of the most accomplished Russian statesmen of the era, loathed Rasputin but couldn’t convince the czar to banish him.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

The West Computers watched their colleague remove the sign and banish it to the recesses of her purse, her small act of defiance inspiring both anxiety and a sense of empowerment.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

This major win, surely, banishes such a notion.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2024

It banishes darkness, conveys telecommunications signals between continents and makes visible the invisible, from faraway galaxies to the smallest bacterium.

From Science Daily May 23, 2024

Pierre plays the cruel Duke Frederick, who banishes his brother, among others, to the Forest of Arden in this tale of camouflage, love and self discovery.

From New York Times Aug. 24, 2022

"He banishes himself, if you will, into exile," executive producer Sara Colleton told TV Line.

From Salon Nov. 22, 2021

And then something happens that banishes even that mystery from my head.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

He has been banished for five years, but it should’ve been lifetime.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

"Suddenly I'm banished from where I was born and brought up and I'm entirely on my own again," she told BBC Scotland News.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Now she has been banished along with fruit and vegetable sellers to a vacant lot with lower foot traffic, her turnover roughly halving as a result.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

Too quiet, many locals say, because off-road vehicles and beach camping have been temporarily banished from San Luis Obispo County’s Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area since April 14.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

“I think the more relevant question would be: Who banished me?”

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo

Five years later, Madison Square Garden was planted atop it, banishing sunlight and driving commuters into a subterranean maze of passageways.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

South Korea has an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment -- the last prisoners were executed in 1997 -- with a death sentence effectively banishing Yoon to life behind bars.

From Barron's Feb. 19, 2026

In case you’ve forgotten where “Stranger Things” left us, Vecna revealed that Eleven accidentally created him by banishing him to the Upside Down.

From Salon Nov. 24, 2025

But the proposed move has largely been perceived as banishing the journalist to a TV backwater where viewers and advertisers dollars are scant.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2025

Zeno’s troubling paradox was explained away by banishing infinity and zero from the realm of numbers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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