exorcise
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I get to exorcise this stuff in my job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
The modern West tried to exorcise these demons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
To exorcise the ghosts of Paris, they must wait until 2027.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
With a first-round matchup against the Golden Knights or Kings, Demers said “Edmonton just needs to exorcise those demons.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
A better way to exorcise the curse of knowledge is to be aware of specific pitfalls that it sets in your path.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
"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
In a tearful embrace with De Palma late in the tale, Barrera exorcises Carmen’s pent-up sorrow, convincing us that she is capable of great dramatic nuance, even if the writing doesn’t explore her character’s psychology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 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
And hence the sentiment, when pure, creates a sort of companionship of beings robed in celestial light and exorcises those degrading passions which belong to earth.
From Beacon Lights of History by John Lord
"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
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
The tears flowed and the joy was unconfined as Newcastle United finally exorcised the ghosts of 56 years of failure on a Wembley stage that has haunted them most.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
We washed the courtyard; we exorcised the house with smoke and red paper.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
It’s the act of catharsis, the exorcising of emotional demons, that makes “Illinoise” so gripping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 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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