cleanse

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The author also contends that recessions don’t cleanse or restructure economies, the way wildfires clear forests of their dead wood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I tried to do a juice cleanse in college and by Day 2 I wanted to die.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

“No power, no justification, and no time can cleanse this great tragedy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

"For the rivers within us flow with ease, fears washed away, cleanse and purify. Come to peace with our tears and discover what it means to be alive," she says.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

But Zeitoun knew that the Qur’an allowed that if there was no water available, Muslims could use dust to cleanse themselves, even if only ceremoniously.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers