as in to purify
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Berenter said people have become more familiar with the concept of purifying sewage — and much more trusting of the science behind it — since San Diego first floated the idea two decades ago.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025 -
Like the process of purifying reuse water, the desalination process is more expensive than the typical methods of treating non-brackish groundwater for consumption.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
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But the league is not without ways to defend itself or to cleanse its reputation.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
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Use micellar cleansing water to cleanse your hair.—
Donnetta Monk,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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But the feel-good factor evaporated following a chastening 3-0 opening-weekend loss away to promoted Sunderland.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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The American suffered a chastening 6-0, 6-0 defeat to Iga Świątek in the Wimbledon final eight weeks ago, the first time in the Open Era that a women’s player has failed to win a single game in the final at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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None of this is intended to take away from the ambivalent and sometimes plainly harmful effects of attempts to spiritualize the pandemic.—
Benjamin Kirby,
Quartz Africa,
1 May 2020
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Thought and speech — thought’s public projection — are both combined and spiritualized.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
22 June 2019
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Michel then insisted on being exorcised and her parents sought the help of Father Arnold Renz and Father Ernst Alt, who performed a host of exorcisms beginning in September 1975.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Most notably, Xaverian was able to exorcise personal demons with a wild 25-22 win over nemesis Catholic Memorial.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Lustrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrate. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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