exorcise
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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
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
Luck of some sort came when my maternal grandmother—who had been away in the Shangaan Bantustan attending a ceremony to exorcise evil spirits from a raving mad relative—came back unexpectedly.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
"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
He exorcises this creature with the oath with which evil spirits are driven out.
From Mohammed Ali and His House by Mrs. Chapman Coleman
"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
They exorcised those ghosts, pummelling away with gainline dominance and ambition out the back and out wide.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
He had even constructed a model to show how they might work, and Mrs. Coulter had seen the object before it was exorcised and burned.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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
Nya wastes absolutely no time exorcising him from their apartment.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
"He himself describes his writing as a way of exorcising demons," with his novels frequently depicting a world knocked off its axis by dark, disturbing forces.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2023
They were not arresting a man, they were exorcising fear.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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