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banish

[ban-ish] / ˈbæn ɪʃ /


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He said he was "delighted to win" but admitted he probably wouldn't have done so without Croft convincing him to banish the last remaining traitor, King Kenny.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Mr. Flanagan’s placing “Carrie” in today’s youth culture makes us pine for the days when Betty Buckley could simply banish Nancy Allen from the school dance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Following the defeat, the Egyptian Football Association asked Fifa to banish from the tournament the French referee Francois Letexier and the team of officials who were in charge, alleging bias in favour of Argentina.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

“I dreamed of my mother’s grave,” she said, and as she spoke it seemed to help banish the magic a little.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

"Anyone who banishes Stolpersteine and memorial sites commemorating Jewish life from public spaces to the cemetery is prioritising death over life and rendering Jewish people invisible once again," she told Bild.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

This act revolves around his favorite daughter, Brünnhilde, whom he banishes from the gods for disobeying her father even though she was only doing what she knew he wanted deep down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022

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

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Nor should computers be banished from the business of deciding what things cost.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

By the time national-team stars such as Gianluigi Buffon returned to Juve, the club had been banished to the second tier and stripped of two league titles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The 29-year-old will be hoping the class of 2026 has more faith in online influencers than last year, when his Beta Squadmate Niko Omilana was the first player banished from the castle.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

I really didn’t want to let her win and for me to get banished from my own city room in front of everybody.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

Rickover likened himself to Attila the Hun and had young officers conduct job interviews on chairs with specially shortened front legs, banishing them to a closet if they disappointed him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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

Should the Proteas wrap up the win it would go a long way towards banishing a nickname they have come to despise: chokers.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025

I wondered if Dad had agreed to it because of his guilt for banishing Mr. Bykovski to the mine.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam


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