exorcise
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The Glasgow club will hope to exorcise the disappointment of last season's third-place finish under new manager Derek McInnes.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Unlike Supergirl, the child thinks it’s healthier to exorcise — not imbibe — one’s heartache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The modern West tried to exorcise these demons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
They attempted in vain to exorcise the spirits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
Or where Ben-Jamin teams up the Crowned Sorceress, Sam O’Mal, to exorcise the vicious spirits that were possessing Hudsonien so he can find happiness again.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
"She exorcises herself through the use of song, which was really brilliant to do."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
While it never glorifies slavery or secession, it exorcises a spirit of mourning.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023
In a tearful embrace with De Palma late in the tale, Barrera exorcises Carmen’s pent-up sorrow, convincing us that she is capable of great dramatic nuance, even if the writing doesn’t explore her character’s psychology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
“I really don’t think it exorcises any demons or anything like that. That game is over and has been played.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
He made, with a serious visage, the gesture of crossed fingers that exorcises an evil spirit.
From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Arthur William Brown
"You will see a change in behaviour... a different consciousness. Something else takes over a person," Syquia said, noting he had personally exorcised a demon only a week earlier.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
But if there were any chance of changing my mind and taking the plunge, watching “Welcome to Derry” has permanently exorcised any phantom longings.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025
Ghosts must always be confronted before they can be exorcised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
They exorcised their rivalry demons by defeating the Trojans in the Big Ten tournament for their first conference tournament championship since 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
We washed the courtyard; we exorcised the house with smoke and red paper.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
On Sunday, he played those three holes par, par and birdie, going some distance toward exorcising the demons of 2011.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
It’s the act of catharsis, the exorcising of emotional demons, that makes “Illinoise” so gripping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Dauwalter had already returned to win Run Rabbit Run the previous year, finally exorcising the ghost of 2012, but her victory in 2017 is the stuff of absurd legend.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
“The humiliation took a firm grip on him and has colored much of his work. He himself describes his writing as a way of exorcising demons,” the Swedish Academy said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
They were not arresting a man, they were exorcising fear.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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