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pure

[pyoor] / pyʊər /






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"No fear, pure fire. That's it," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“My apologies i didn’t see this person with my eyes and couldn’t hear clearly,” Carpenter wrote Saturday on X. “My reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. Could have handled it better!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Gyanesh Kumar, the chief election commissioner, has said the revision exercise's aim is to ensure a "pure electoral roll" with no eligible voters excluded and no ineligible persons included.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

In Tehran, a 30-year-old resident told AFP he was skeptical negotiations would be successful, describing most of what Trump says as "pure noise and nonsense."

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

They were too crisp, too fresh, too pure and white to be anything but from the same rosebush as the ones I’d given Mamá.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall