impure
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Artificial and impure, and achieved by doing something only slightly resembling basketball.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
Two major developments in the mid-1800s showed why impure water is dangerous.
From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025
Naidu, who was sworn in as the state’s chief minister in June, alleged that the impure laddus were distributed to devotees during Reddy’s term.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024
They found that as impure water freezes, it expels contaminants that drain along channels and ice-grain boundaries toward the ice base, where it forms a liquid layer that gives ice extra slipperiness.
From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023
Phoenix song is magical: it is reputed to increase the courage of the pure of heart and to strike fear into the hearts of the impure.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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