catharsis
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This is Blue Mondays, a karaoke night dedicated to sad songs that’s become a ritual of catharsis for its regulars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
No history, no struggle, no catharsis, no exploration, no humanity.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
As I stood amid the crowd feeling an unmistakable catharsis and shouting its lyrics, I thought of how I agreed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
On day three, a catharsis would begin like the Mississippi overflowing its banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The third church offered passion and catharsis; it was a place where you truly felt the presence of the Holy Spirit inside you.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Drawing from his life in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Mr. Kahan writes about quiet moments in small towns that lead to grand catharses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
But, over time, as they peel away each other’s defenses and histories, their romance both deepens and frays as they find their way to possible catharses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
This can make for a frustrating viewing experience in the moment, a film whose moral ambiguities and incomplete catharses don’t map onto a known horror template.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2019
It’s a compact, powerful book, filled with catharses you didn’t know you needed.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2016
The peals of laughter that rumbled across Broadway in the months following the terrorist attacks were emblematic of the most exuberant theatrical catharses I have ever experienced.
From Washington Post
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