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Innuendo leaves a lingering stink that’s harder to dispel.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Although oil prices near prewar levels reduce tail risks for economic growth, inflation and rates volatility, inflation is probably not coming down quickly enough to dispel the ECB hawkishness,” the rates strategist said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

As Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office tried to dispel misinformation about California’s ballot tabulation process, the statement also said, “For the record: we wish the votes were counted faster, too.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Olise's triple helped to dispel doubts that crept in after France lost their previous warm-up game to Ivory Coast.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

He made the ward-against-evil symbol, the same one he’d used to dispel his mother’s ghost, and pushed at the sky.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

In the interview, Balotelli dispels a few of the myths that had built up around him...

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Mr. Newman also dispels the belief that great ideas are entirely new.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

What Thompson-Hernández’s art so easily dispels, no matter the genre it finds a home in, are all the knotty, misguided and trite representations of otherness in our contemporary world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

As with most holiday-related rituals, digging into the history of the yule log as a TV tradition dispels some of its mystical wonder, revealing its origin in desperate necessity.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

Medical science does not seal the earth, whose nether creatures seep out, hair by hair, disguised like the smoke that dispels them.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Through her media prominence and prolific output as an author, with a dozen books to her name, Steinem dispelled the stereotype of the humorless feminist simply by living.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Any doubt about the identity of the unnamed malefactor was dispelled in the first footnote to the statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Concerns held by Painter and Meadows over whether M11 was "going to be enough" for McCormick to justify the move across the world were soon dispelled.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

But we know that’s just an illusion, one that is dispelled by looking inside the machine.

From Slate ● May 25, 2026

If anyone still had doubts that this was a national movement, King dispelled them that night.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Sunday's performance went some way to dispelling those question marks.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Our findings show clear benefits in key areas of healthy ageing, while also dispelling some of the myths surrounding its use.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he recently held a 2-½-hour meeting with Khamenei, in a public message that appeared aimed at dispelling questions about whether the new leader is indeed alive and running the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

Now the Petersen Automotive Museum takes a closer look, dispelling stereotypes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025

“You can kick both their tails for all I care, but do it somewhere else,” Jim said, dispelling any thought I might have had that he cared anything about me.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam