dispel

No amount of wealth can dispel retirement worries.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

It’s a feeling no cloud can fully dispel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

They must have hoped the photos would dispel conspiracy theories that he’s dead, or at least incapacitated.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Innuendo leaves a lingering stink that’s harder to dispel.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

He worked to dispel his doubts about his friend as though to pass another test, like his ordeal in the park.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

A guru is one who dispels illusions, and there is perhaps no illusion so insistent, or potentially more harmful to the individual, than the illusion that he will live forever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

The report also dispels a common view that guns are mainly owned by rural residents.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

As with most holiday-related rituals, digging into the history of the yule log as a TV tradition dispels some of its mystical wonder, revealing its origin in desperate necessity.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

In their first video call, which Farsi, then in Cairo, recorded with a separate smartphone, Hassona’s beaming face immediately dispels any notion that all Palestinians must exist in a defeated state amid relentless bombing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

Then I remember reading Horatio’s letter, and despair, like a cold wind, dispels the momentary peace.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Through her media prominence and prolific output as an author, with a dozen books to her name, Steinem dispelled the stereotype of the humorless feminist simply by living.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Concerns held by Painter and Meadows over whether M11 was "going to be enough" for McCormick to justify the move across the world were soon dispelled.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Even here, though, historians have noted that the Soviet Union’s near-simultaneous invasion of Manchuria—which dispelled Japan’s illusion that Moscow might stay neutral in the war—also had an impact on the emperor’s calculations.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

The 75-year-old farmer's eyes filled with tears as he walked through his orchard in the village of Vosketap, where a breeze from snowcapped Mount Ararat, across the border in Turkey, dispelled the summer heat.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

But there was nothing worse to contend with than Pipkin’s disappointment at being left behind; and this was dispelled when Hazel assured him that the only reason was that he had already done his bit.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

EsDeeKid's video with Oscar-nominated Chalamet racked up 42 million views on TikTok - as well as dispelling the main theory about the rapper's identity.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Our findings show clear benefits in key areas of healthy ageing, while also dispelling some of the myths surrounding its use.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he recently held a 2-½-hour meeting with Khamenei, in a public message that appeared aimed at dispelling questions about whether the new leader is indeed alive and running the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

A 2024 study by Penn State researchers found that approximately one in eight adults enjoy intensely sour flavors, dispelling claims that extreme tartness is only favored by children.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025

It seemed to burn feeling back into him, dispelling the numbness and sense of unreality, firing him with something that was like courage.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling