Word: dispels
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...Bahamas tended to work the way we expected, it came as no surprise that the electricity went out all over the island soon after we arrived. Packed into a humid hotel suite, all of us, bored of our rum drinks, began to play a group game to dispel the boredom of the dark...
...been famous as a nexus of celebrity scholars, if not quite of groundbreaking scholarship itself. West’s intemperate allegations on his way out the door are not just an insult to Summers. They leave an uneasy cloud hanging over the University, which will be far harder to dispel than it was for West to create...
...study’s authors wrote that their findings dispel myths that bilingual babies develop slower...
...order to dispel fears, Sullivan introduced an amendment that would nullify any parts of the resolution found to be illegal by the state...
Third parties support instant-runoff voting because they believe it will dispel the notion that a vote for their candidates is wasted. "It would make voters feel better about themselves, make the election more meaningful, draw more voters to the polls," says John Anderson, the 1980 third-party candidate for President. Other reformers argue that it is a truer expression of voter will than runoff elections, which are costly and typically attract a much smaller voter turnout. San Francisco approved the change after last year's runoff for city attorney drew an abysmally low 16.6% of registered voters...