cleanse
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The author also contends that recessions don’t cleanse or restructure economies, the way wildfires clear forests of their dead wood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“No power, no justification, and no time can cleanse this great tragedy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
"For the rivers within us flow with ease, fears washed away, cleanse and purify. Come to peace with our tears and discover what it means to be alive," she says.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
I’ll shower, cleanse, moisturize and all that stuff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
He’d gone through a repentance process so he could cleanse himself of the behavior that would preclude him from going on a mission.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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
After a warm and ice-cold shower, he cleanses his face and rubs a frozen cucumber over it, which he says will reduce puffiness, acne and brighten his skin.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
To try and find a solution, he started researching his symptoms online, where he came across a forum of people reporting their experiences with parasite cleanses.
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
Something about it, though, cleanses everything that’s crowding my mind.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
She feels cleansed by the sea and the fog that shrouds the world’s ugliness, and believes there is happiness to be salvaged from the wreckage of her past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
The 2008 stock market crash and the pandemic-related crash in 2020 cleansed the market of at least some of its froth, making many hostile bids more inviting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
“That cleansed the space of a lot of weaker companies,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
The purpose of earthly life for a good 16th-century Christian was to prepare for life with God in heaven, their soul cleansed of mortal sin.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025
“I know from personal experience rooming with you. I had to go to a temple in Shanghai to be cleansed of it over winter break,” Lian chimed in.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Earlier work by the team showed that corona discharges could be a significant source of these atmospheric cleansing agents within forest canopies.
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
It’s cathartic and cleansing, and sometimes I see dolphins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
During the Games, La Scala is producing only one opera, an epic tale about a world consumed by cleansing fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 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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