delete
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Relatives and acquaintances called my parents, urging them to make me delete my videos or face the consequences.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
I type and delete five different messages before I settle on something simple.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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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
Ben deletes, retypes: What are the differences between America's far past and its recent past?
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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I have lost count of the number of messages I have deleted and people I have blocked.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“I thought it was a fire,” she said, adding that she deleted it after learning that the smoke was the result of a Ukrainian strike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The post was made Wednesday afternoon on X ahead of that night’s game between Reese’s Atlanta Dream and Bueckers’ Dallas Wings in Arlington, Texas, and deleted soon after.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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
“Anyway, the point is, even though Ashley deleted her history, I was able to see what she’d done on the computer.”
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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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
On Wednesday night, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported being told that “the aerial image of the crowds from last week’s his rally enraged him so much that officials ended up deleting them.”
From Salon ● 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
I think about deleting the line, but then she writes back.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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