exorcise

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

"We start in that world where we're shackled, and then we exorcise it," Taylor explains.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2025

Both teams can exorcise the 2017 demons, then give us the series we were deprived of in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

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

“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

That suspicion might be nursed in turn by Pierre, a born troublemaker and teller of ugly truths, who briefly exorcises his demons with a jaw-dropping karaoke performance of Sia’s “Champagne.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2017

"Thank God for music!" said Sergius Thord, as Valdor laid aside his bow; "It exorcises the evil spirit from every modern Saul!"

From Temporal Power by Corelli, Marie

The 28-year-old has been haunted by a comment he made as he struggled in a game against the Patriots in 2019, when he said "I'm seeing ghosts", but Darnold has now exorcised those demons.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

“And Just Like That” hasn’t entirely exorcised that image, although Anthony has been updated to add something more to the mix than the bracing splash of tartness flavoring Charlotte’s simple syrup personality.

From Salon ● May 29, 2025

What’s odd about Hellebuyck’s latest meltdown is that just a few weeks ago, it appeared as though he’d exorcised his big-game demons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2025

The tears flowed and the joy was unconfined as Newcastle United finally exorcised the ghosts of 56 years of failure on a Wembley stage that has haunted them most.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025

We washed the courtyard; we exorcised the house with smoke and red paper.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

LeBron James has 32 points as the Lakers get a second win in Sacramento in three days, exorcising past demons of being dominated recently by their rivals to the north.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

It’s the act of catharsis, the exorcising of emotional demons, that makes “Illinoise” so gripping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

Wiktor can help some of the locals by exorcising their demons, but he can also summon salutors to help him fight the imperial Russian soldiers who control the city.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024

"He himself describes his writing as a way of exorcising demons," with his novels frequently depicting a world knocked off its axis by dark, disturbing forces.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2023

They were not arresting a man, they were exorcising fear.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy