weed out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“Each side tries to weed out the other. The distinction we were seeing more of was either general trust or general skepticism.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
It is designed to weed out the insecure and trigger-happy, the reckless hotheads with something to prove.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Some viewers see it as a thinly veiled endorsement of the policy - hailed in the film as a crippling masterstroke to weed out fake currency from Pakistan.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
He said he’d like to give supervisors greater authority to quickly weed out complaints that “are demonstrably false on their face” based on body camera footage and other evidence.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
What about the things we could do to weed out harm before it’s done to them?
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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