exorcise
Example Sentences
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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
Three years wiser with two seasons of college competition steeling her nerves, Chiles put together a stellar qualification Sunday to exorcise her Olympic demons.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
And I had heard that Ultima could lift the curses laid by brujas, that she could exorcise the evil the witches planted in people to make them sick.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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Power Prefix: ex-
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Bless Me, Ultima
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