exorcise
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Unlike Supergirl, the child thinks it’s healthier to exorcise — not imbibe — one’s heartache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The modern West tried to exorcise these demons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
I needed to exorcise this thing so it could join the world!
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
"We start in that world where we're shackled, and then we exorcise it," Taylor explains.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2025
This, his activity here with animals and animal dealers, seemed the only weak spot in the shroud of depression, a flaw by which he might be able to grab it and exorcise it.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
"She exorcises herself through the use of song, which was really brilliant to do."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
While it never glorifies slavery or secession, it exorcises a spirit of mourning.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023
“I really don’t think it exorcises any demons or anything like that. That game is over and has been played.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
She exorcises the hairy ghost that haunted her dormitory.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
But, if he does, his vanity exorcises the spirit.
From Are You a Bromide? The Sulphitic Theory Expounded and Exemplified According to the Most Recent Researches into the Psychology of Boredom Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now in Use by Gelett Burgess
"You will see a change in behaviour... a different consciousness. Something else takes over a person," Syquia said, noting he had personally exorcised a demon only a week earlier.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
At the Beijing Games, he set the world record for the short program, exorcised the demons from 2018 and became the United States’ first Olympic gold medalist in men’s singles in 12 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Ghosts must always be confronted before they can be exorcised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
“And Just Like That” hasn’t entirely exorcised that image, although Anthony has been updated to add something more to the mix than the bracing splash of tartness flavoring Charlotte’s simple syrup personality.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
We washed the courtyard; we exorcised the house with smoke and red paper.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
LeBron James has 32 points as the Lakers get a second win in Sacramento in three days, exorcising past demons of being dominated recently by their rivals to the north.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
Wiktor can help some of the locals by exorcising their demons, but he can also summon salutors to help him fight the imperial Russian soldiers who control the city.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
Dauwalter had already returned to win Run Rabbit Run the previous year, finally exorcising the ghost of 2012, but her victory in 2017 is the stuff of absurd legend.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
Nya wastes absolutely no time exorcising him from their apartment.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
They were not arresting a man, they were exorcising fear.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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