ridding
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It was Mr. Landsbergis, who as parliament chairman in March 1990, led Lithuania to declare it was ridding itself of the U.S.S.R.—the first of the 15 Soviet republics to do so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
"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
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
I thought about explaining to her my mother’s ingenious method of ridding the house of roaches— cracker crumbs and marshmallow—but then I thought, This is June, forget it.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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