banish

Following the defeat, the Egyptian Football Association asked Fifa to banish from the tournament the French referee Francois Letexier and the team of officials who were in charge, alleging bias in favour of Argentina.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

But in Japan and South Korea he was able to rekindle flashes of brilliance, scoring eight times including twice in the final against Germany to banish the painful memories of Paris.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

We should banish it, because I’ve learned the hard way that it’s too abstract.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Moments later Cronin was grabbing the kid’s shirt and leading him to the baseline, where he ordered an assistant coach to remove him from the court area and banish him to the locker room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

I note what the girls my age are wearing and the style of their hair and the subject of their conversations, and I work hard to banish my foreignness, to make friends, to fit in.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

This World Cup win at least banishes one of Egypt's ghosts.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

It banishes darkness, conveys telecommunications signals between continents and makes visible the invisible, from faraway galaxies to the smallest bacterium.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024

This is the moment each year in which I go wild with asparagus, kale, peas, dill — anything that banishes the blasé gray of a New York winter.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

When Daemon's conduct becomes intolerable, Viserys disinherits and banishes him.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

And then something happens that banishes even that mystery from my head.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

"Suddenly I'm banished from where I was born and brought up and I'm entirely on my own again," she told BBC Scotland News.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Orpheus tries to rescue his love, but his faith in her is tested on their return to the top — if he turns back to see if she’s there, she’ll be banished to Hadestown forever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Its pendant is a statue of Thomas Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence, banished from New York’s City Council Chamber in 2021 because of what the exhibition calls “his history as an enslaver.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Now she has been banished along with fruit and vegetable sellers to a vacant lot with lower foot traffic, her turnover roughly halving as a result.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

He was not sure whether he was being banished.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Five years later, Madison Square Garden was planted atop it, banishing sunlight and driving commuters into a subterranean maze of passageways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

South Korea has an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment -- the last prisoners were executed in 1997 -- with a death sentence effectively banishing Yoon to life behind bars.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Not every present is greeted with delight - so instead of banishing them to the back of a cupboard, how can you get rid of them without causing offence?

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025

The singer said she suspects she’ll be battling that toxic perfectionism for the rest of her life, but she’s gotten better at banishing it to the backseat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025

Not only were they all grateful for her help in banishing illnesses, but they insisted on paying her.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack