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Anecdotal evidence gathered by clinicians and fire departments has shown promising signs that it could be used to rid firefighters of some of the cancer-causing chemicals they absorb during fires.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“I’ve got great reservations and deep doubts about the effect of the new plan to get rid of all parking and choke traffic down to one lane,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
At the same time, their desperation to get rid of him presented an almost risk-free opportunity for the Vikings to take a flier on a talented passer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Getting rid of chewing gum, getting rid of grotty looking bins, getting rid of graffiti, the things that are unsightly that none of us want to see," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
One of the tsar’s knights, a bogatyr named Dobrynya, who had come to get rid of Håkon, promised Anya’s mother that he’d send for Papa and have him brought back.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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
The men of Skagafjord blamed Thorbjorn Angle much for not having ridded Drangey of Grettir, and all wanted their shares back again.
From Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga by Unknown
"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
His experience demonstrates that far from ridding sports of backroom deals and bagman boosters, the deluge of legal NIL money incentivizes and gives cover to the illicit market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
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
Nervous to the point of nausea before addressing an audience, Churchill consulted specialists as a young man in the hopes of ridding himself of his speech defects.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
