dispel
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But it carries a price tag which will make a lot of people roll their eyes, and doesn't do much to dispel criticism that increasingly-costly VR headsets are pricing people out of the hobby.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
No amount of wealth can dispel retirement worries.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
They must have hoped the photos would dispel conspiracy theories that he’s dead, or at least incapacitated.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
ING economist James Knightley said Warsh’s commitment to price stability has helped dispel fears about the politicization of the Fed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
It hung in the air for a long moment, a dark cloud over our heads, a curse nothing could dispel.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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In the interview, Balotelli dispels a few of the myths that had built up around him...
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
He taught that “a little light dispels a lot of darkness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
What Thompson-Hernández’s art so easily dispels, no matter the genre it finds a home in, are all the knotty, misguided and trite representations of otherness in our contemporary world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
For trans people like me, having an accurate ID dispels the daily fear of being outed when asked to present identification.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
This dispels her first embarrassment, and the two begin to talk.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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Through her media prominence and prolific output as an author, with a dozen books to her name, Steinem dispelled the stereotype of the humorless feminist simply by living.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
“The arrival of our squadron dispelled the danger.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
But we know that’s just an illusion, one that is dispelled by looking inside the machine.
From Slate ● May 25, 2026
Well, thank you for speaking to me today and hopefully we've dispelled a few myths.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The tension dispelled as the two couples took small, pensive bites of their different servings.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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Our findings show clear benefits in key areas of healthy ageing, while also dispelling some of the myths surrounding its use.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
It also involved dispelling rumours and explaining why traditional mourning practices - such as washing the bodies of the deceased - had to be banned.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he recently held a 2-½-hour meeting with Khamenei, in a public message that appeared aimed at dispelling questions about whether the new leader is indeed alive and running the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
The visual crispness of this L.A. premiere goes a long way toward dispelling doubts that the Pantages is the wrong venue for this ensemble drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
Mr. Wickham’s society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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