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So Obama and the Democrats should spend part of next week dispelling the five myths that have the potential to singe.

Later, in a statement, he added, “The White House has not done a very good job of dispelling the concerns of these citizens.”

So just how lucrative—and widespread—is the business of attending meetings and dispelling wisdom?

There was a whole dream-dispelling work to be done before thinking of immediate action.

We despair of ever dispelling these creatures by pungent pleasantries—of routing them by sharp censure.

Moonlight talk drifted easily into talk about artificial methods of dispelling darkness.

The sun, with every promise of a fine day, was slowly dispelling the mist from the valley and woodlands below.

And they recited mantras capable of dispelling Rakshasas and (to that end) also performed rites.