cathartic
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“This raising should serve as a cathartic event and clear the overhang from the share price,” says analyst Martyn Jacobs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
I cannot think of another who would call for, and take such cathartic pleasure in, Helen Mirren’s reading of “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
"Oh my God, it was amazing. It was cathartic," she laughs at the memory.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
A sighting of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chatting with Mickey Mouse, wand in hand, felt almost cathartic.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
And one could only be left to sit back and witness this spectacle, waiting to see if anything brilliant or cathartic would come about.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
Vocabulary lists containing cathartic
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