chase away
Example Sentences
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"In Zulu culture, there is no divorce. You are not supposed to chase away your wife," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
More, yeah, more, the Dodgers need more of this sort of fire if they are to chase away their October first-round demons and finish off the Padres in a best-of-five rematch of two seasons ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2024
In China, people customarily light firecrackers, which are thought to chase away the fearful monster Nian.
From National Geographic • Feb. 5, 2024
Meanwhile, a frog jumps on the moon and the moon decides to keep the frog as his wife so she can chase away the bear.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023
And the man who cranked the sugarcane press gripped the palm fan that he ordinarily used to chase away flies, agitating the air from every conceivable angle.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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