delete
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Almost 160 people died and their families are calling on the game's makers Activision to delete the footage, saying including it was "senseless".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Facebook’s promises to detect and delete misinformation and hate speech were similarly “deceptive,” Mathew wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
You don’t have to uninstall any apps or delete Facebook, though you could try it too.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Or to delete the Insta account she dubs “Carrie Red.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I tell her I like the second photo best, and then I delete the entire conversation.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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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
County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who represents the area devastated by the Eaton fire, also routinely deletes her text messages, her spokesperson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
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
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Stewart, to fulfill her Halloween homeless fantasy, donned a damaged knit cardigan, torn patchwork jeans and an oversize flannel button-down, according to screenshots of her deleted post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
"It's hard to admit when you've really screwed up," the billionaire, 85, wrote on Instagram after she deleted a photo of herself in ripped jeans, a torn sweater and a dirtied face.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
When the researchers deleted MTCH2, far fewer cells successfully developed into mature fat cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
But, within a few hours, he deleted his post and the crypto nosedived in value, losing investors most of their money.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
She deleted his voice messages unheard and his e-mails unread, and she felt herself sinking, sinking quickly, and unable to pull herself up.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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He then sent the copied images back to his personal device before deleting them from his work phone.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Although the account itself is no longer viewable on the platform, the Tokyo District Court will rule on whether TikTok was responsible for deleting the posts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The lawsuit claims that the Education Department gave servicers instructions, known as a change request, on how to process these group loan discharges, including deleting credit trade lines.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
An independent investigation found that the AI swarm found a way to secretly communicate and coordinated the unauthorized hack, editing and deleting its activity logs to avoid detection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Just as I’d finished deleting these messages, I received another incoming call.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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