exorcise
Example Sentences
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The modern West tried to exorcise these demons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
“We haven’t forgotten that loss because it ended our season and he helped us exorcise that demon.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026
Unai Emery returns to Paris St-Germain to exorcise the personal demons of the so-called "La Remontada" while providing the X-factor in Aston Villa's attempt to reach a Champions League semi-final.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025
Both teams can exorcise the 2017 demons, then give us the series we were deprived of in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
And he clenched his fists and began to plead the blood, to exorcise the hosts of Hell, but even this motion was like another motion, and at length he fell on his knees to pray.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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