disenthrall
Example Sentences
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“In the spirit of Lincoln, the facts are new, and we’ve got to think anew and act anew. We’ve got to disenthrall ourselves,” Newsom said.
From Salon
Maryland must disenthrall itself from the multi-housing industry’s propaganda that the sky will fall if reasonable renter protections are legislated.
From Washington Post
So the success of Biden’s call will largely depend on whether he’s able to persuade them to disenthrall themselves from selling grievance, lies and tribal division to their base.
From Seattle Times
He said, “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”
From Washington Times
Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, added: “That is the essential problem. A completely separate media system with its own propaganda reality has grown up around Donald Trump. The Republican party today is like a massive religious cult surrounding an organised crime family headed by a deranged narcissist. It’s very hard for the Republicans to disenthrall themselves from that warped epistemological system. It’s just a separate reality.”
From The Guardian
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