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Word: leanse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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Massita, 61, takes a piece of old cloth from her battered white purse, unfolds it and gingerly lays out seven miniature knives. The crude blades are nicked, the wooden handles worn. An older woman sitting next to her leans over and taps the knives twice with the fingers of her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Rites | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

Rob, one of Penn’s key wide receivers, leans slumped against a car, talking with his grandparents, who postponed their trip to Florida for a week so they could come to the game today.

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tailgaters enjoy the show—on and off the field | 11/13/2001 | See Source »

The Northern Alliance swears it inducts no soldiers younger than 18 years old. But a visit to the trenches proves that rule unenforced. Zulmai leans against a rusty Russian tank on a hill overlooking the Taliban-controlled city of Taloqan. He is 18 but joined the mujahedin at 15, just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Child Soldiers | 11/11/2001 | See Source »

Wellman has built himself a nice little perch above the landscape of traditional American theater, from which he occasionally leans out and spits at the ground below. He is one of contemporary theater’s dark princes of sensual excess and linguistic innovation; his works focus on the spectacle...

Author: By Emma Firestone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fangs for the Memories | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

“He came back into camp in unbelievable shape,” Mazzoleni said. “Now when someone leans on him, he’s going to have the strength to play through that man.”

Author: By Elijah M. Alper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Faces Great Expectations | 11/6/2001 | See Source »

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