shake off
Example Sentences
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Perhaps best of all: The movie has a gritty, charming meanness to it; a stickiness that’s hard to shake off.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Of all the places for England to begin a new era, Headingley is the most difficult to shake off the memory of Ben Stokes.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
We just have to shake off a little rust first.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
The BofA note came at the right time as the market begins to shake off its AI fears.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
When Marti Peterson arrived in Russia, her fellow agents at the CIA's Moscow station were struggling to shake off a long season of hibernation.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
