delete
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On June 15, Daniel Haido, an associate producer of “Fortitude,” dropped off an unencrypted copy of the movie for Netflix to view and instructed the staff to delete the files after the screening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He ordered Hanson to delete the tweet and pay Faruqi's legal costs.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Frequently review and delete the AI’s financial memories.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The woman alleged that Jackson repeatedly refused to delete the video and then taunted her with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Zohra and I took a ton of silly shots, and I’m surprised he didn’t delete our worst selfie fails.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
OpenAI automatically deletes temporary conversations from servers within 30 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
When he arrives home, he stops the stream and deletes the pre-recorded file.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
He said he deletes the entries of ICE agents who have quit.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026
Maybe Ms. Morales is just one of those people who deletes text messages right after she reads them, Emma told herself.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Green Party of England and Wales leader was reported to the Met over the photo, which he quickly deleted, but told the BBC he had not been contacted by police.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
That means the researchers found roughly 19,000 locations where sections of DNA differed because they had been duplicated, deleted, or rearranged.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
The FDA said it hadn’t issued an official apology, and Taylor Farms later deleted a social-media post highlighting one, though its original weekend statement remains on its website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Sony has pulled similar moves before: in 2023, the company deleted over 1,000 seasons of Discovery TV shows customers had purchased due to content licensing arrangements.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
At Poillon’s suggestion, Lawrence deleted the WPA acknowledgment from papers that involved medical work financed by the Macy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Now he’s gone dark, deleting his X.com account after exchanging volleys with a radio reporter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"We discovered that deleting Mitch led to a major drop in fats in membranes," Gross explains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
In fact, a number of gains are to be had by deleting the backlight, starting with greater aero efficiency—critical, since the Polestar 4 is all-electric, and aero drag is the mortal enemy of range.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
While the tokens at large became tradeable, Sun said World Liberty has blocked him from being able to sell a single one, and is now threatening to "burn" his - deleting them entirely.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
“Just deleting vandalism on the Chuck Norris page,” he said.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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