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- verb   Present participle of rid .
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Examples
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								It's over now and we have succeeded in ridding the world of a mass muderer and the Iraqi people now inspire the Iranians to push for democracy too. NRCC targets Obama for saying Cambridge cop 'acted stupidly' 2009 
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								Let me tell you … I was a little bit afraid and so I rang your office on 999 to ask for help in ridding my neighbourhood of this latest menace. Police in Bad Weather Shock « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007 
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								This is the first step in ridding the world of undesirable people. Think Progress » Condi Throws Stones From Her Glass House 2005 
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								C.D. Ralph Hennessy, who 50 years ago earned the Distinguished Service Cross for his efforts in ridding the North Atlantic of German U-boats, joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1936 when l, like Canada's peacetime navy, was quite tiny. 
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								But, insisting on the preparation of the morbid agents by the opsonins, Wright admits the virtue of the phagocytes in ridding the organism of microbes. 
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								Nicolle and his collaborators succeeded in ridding Tunis entirely of a disease which had raged there each winter from time immemorial. 
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								"Boys," returned Judah, "and all of you, I leave it to you if I'm not right in ridding the world of such a beast as Thomson." Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest Pauline Elizabeth 1902 
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								He doesn’t look like the depiction here, but as a Canadian, I must thank you for your effort in ridding our Country of him. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: Cap goes to heaven. 2007 
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								But officials at Visit Milwaukee, the area’s convention and visitors bureau, contend that the city has come a long way in ridding itself of its beer-guzzling image. 
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								When Bush took over the presidency, he was blinded by the idea of ridding us of Saddam Hussein at any cost. Obama the Macho Man 2009 
blacksmith_tb commented on the word ridding
The present participle of 'to rid', though it appears that online many people misuse it as the PP of 'to ride'.
March 16, 2010