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cleanse

[klenz] / klɛnz /


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This momentary cleanse won’t save them, but it will keep them going.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The second wash in a double cleanse can be a way to scent the body and make the ritual feel more enjoyable, Gohara said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

But he backs attempts to declare the Indemnity Act unconstitutional "to cleanse us of that past".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The idea of a tube up my tuchus didn’t scare me, nor did the notorious prep of drinking a foul-tasting liquid to cleanse your intestinal tract.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

Lawrence and Cork had gone to great lengths, all meticulously documented, to cleanse their platinum targets of all impurities.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Devon Kelley, a content creator who has posted to #ShowerTok, double cleanses her body once or twice a week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

It was just out of earshot from Oz nodding along to musings on how “sleep is when the brain cleanses itself.”

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

Parasite cleanses contain a wide range of ingredients depending on the product, and much of the information about how these supplements impact the body is anecdotal.

From Salon ● May 18, 2025

I explore “Why not both?’” since water cleanses us — not just physically but spiritually, emotionally and mentally.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

The truth swells larger than the tub walls can hold, cleanses me more than the water and bubbles ever can.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Maybe it’s because he was lucky enough to have his footprint cleansed a bit.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Could the political parties ever be cleansed of corruption? What place would African Americans have in American society? Would Native Americans survive at all, and at what cost to their embattled cultures?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Thus cleansed of expectation, you move through a series of smaller, even intimate spaces in which you are given free access to a literal universe of biological data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

“That cleansed the space of a lot of weaker companies,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

“And that was only water and a blade. Think what you might become if you were cleansed of thirteen years of dirt, neglect, and servitude.”

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

"Outdoor swimming feels mentally and physically cleansing," Hickman, a keen swimmer herself, says.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Among other capabilities, the new site will be the company’s global center for skin care and cleansing and have a “human performance lab” that will enable on-site testing of ingestibles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

They are also investigating whether trees have adapted to tolerate or even take advantage of this process, and whether the resulting atmospheric cleansing benefits forest ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

Blankfein added that the long period without a financial crisis cleansing process meant ”you accumulate tinder on the floor of the forest and eventually a spark will come.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

Among them went the Brothers of the order, and sisters from the priory near by, cleansing and feeding, dressing and comforting them.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli


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