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When will we be rid of this pestilence?
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Warsh, in prepared remarks released Tuesday, is set to vow that the central bank will rid the United States of the years-long "inflation surge."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
The outcome was a 4-1 loss so damaging that England cannot rid themselves of the stench.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Getting rid of the commission, he said, “is going to make California better.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
“I have enough sense to be a help to you, Aunt Kate. Why are you always trying to be rid of me?”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
You will appreciate the richer flavor and be happy to have finally ridded yourself of those unattractive scrambled-egg bits of white that invariably dot your final product when whole eggs are used in your recipe.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024
"My wife and I both had a really ridded our house as much as possible of single-use plastic," he says.
From Fox News ● Dec. 20, 2021
That may irk some users who thought they’d ridded themselves of the algorithm for good.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2018
As presiding officer of the Senate, he ridded himself of the officer's throne and took to an ordinary chair.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was conscious of having somehow ridded herself of a load of uncertainty and anxiety.
From A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
"So, we are now colonizing that central space, and the bacterium is essentially ridding the body of the tumor."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
In fall 2024, many of us were ridding our kitchens of a very common utensil, thanks to a piece in the Atlantic that instructed us to, “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula.”
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026
We ought to be careful about ridding ourselves of all boredom, lest we lose our creativity in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Slicing through 300 miles of land Gilbert desperately wants to keep undisturbed, the line illustrates the stakes she and other rural Oregonians see in ridding grasslands and forests of massive new energy projects.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
But he flung his finger toward me instead, and shook it as if he were ridding himself of blood or slime.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
