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In the space of 100 seconds on the slopes of Cortina, the greatest skier of all time had banished eight years of Olympic misery, nightmares, and self-doubt to become a champion again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

It is all part of a huge effort to try to stop the spread of a resurgent virus that China's leaders thought they had banished.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2022

The sport that had banished and embittered Kelvin now welcomed him for a second chance.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2019

“This is the kind of urban conflagration Americans thought they had banished in the early 20th century,” wrote fire historian Stephen Pyne.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2018

Some say that Theseus had gone there because Athens had banished him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton