exorcise

Unlike Supergirl, the child thinks it’s healthier to exorcise — not imbibe — one’s heartache.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

I get to exorcise this stuff in my job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

The modern West tried to exorcise these demons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

Unai Emery returns to Paris St-Germain to exorcise the personal demons of the so-called "La Remontada" while providing the X-factor in Aston Villa's attempt to reach a Champions League semi-final.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025

And off he went, trying to exorcise the demon of football.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

"She exorcises herself through the use of song, which was really brilliant to do."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Tucker, the more primal singer of the two, exorcises deeper emotions when she sings lead, as on the eerie and affecting leadoff track “Hell.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

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

And when they are about to bathe, the god Namatua, who rules the city of Ndelakurukuru, exorcises the water.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson

"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

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

Now that it’s exorcised and in the world, I miss my walks, my coffees, my blank page, my fire-filled chest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

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

But the hand of the professional decorator had exorcised whatever ghosts of the French bourgeoisie might still haunt the thick brick walls of the building.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

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

I’m interested in looking inward and looking outward, exorcising these catastrophic figures and catastrophic events.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

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

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy