delete
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Mills said she finished singing “Home,” and the stars took photos, but before she left, Gaga’s team stopped her at the elevator and insisted she delete the pictures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
You don’t have to uninstall any apps or delete Facebook, though you could try it too.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
She advised the state to take "special care" not to misplace or accidentally delete any information that may be pertinent to the case.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Takahashi, however, said TikTok was "no longer obliged to delete" the videos in question because the anonymous user behind them had taken them down several months after the lawsuit began.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
I tell Ms. Blinny, “But can you delete it?”
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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When a foreign company transfers funds, the U.S. clearing bank effectively deletes dollars from the foreign company’s account and adds them to the other party’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
He said he deletes the entries of ICE agents who have quit.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026
The BBC has written to Perplexity, which is based in the US, demanding it immediately stops using BBC content, deletes any it holds, and proposes financial compensation for the material it has already used.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
Ben deletes the title and retypes: "Differences: America's Far Past and Recent Past" “Specifics?” asks Ben.
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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The Department of Homeland Security has since deleted that video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
When the researchers deleted MTCH2, far fewer cells successfully developed into mature fat cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
While the cleaning cannot be done without video access, customers can request to have their data deleted after the cleaning.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
"Multiple data points are showing that Muslims have become the most deleted people," institute's director Sabir Ahamed told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The principal players, meantime, rehearsed Hamlet endlessly, employing a slightly different version each day, as Mr. Shakespeare deleted or added passages to suit the fancy of the master of revels.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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Agents typically know to ask permission before doing major things like making purchases or deleting files, but other than that, they can have free rein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rather, he said by deleting duplicated language in the charter, the rules will be easier to understand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Ye Lin was charged with communicating a false message and obstructing the course of justice for allegedly deleting the picture and the application he used.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
A former governor was arrested in August, on accusations of deleting the security videos of the scene of the crime in Iguala.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
“I’m deleting the Stevie James wiki and throwing away my books.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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