erase
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"This prosecution is an attempt to erase memories, particularly those of June 4, by reading too much into certain slogans," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
And, Jurado said, “it does not erase two months of odors, pests, and disruption.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
It would take a lot of bad weather to erase that surplus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Besides, the purpose isn’t to erase every last bit of cooking.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Erase the memories and you erase the problems,” Hodge said cheerily.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
“Their vessel leaves a smooth, filigree-edged road on the ocean that vanishes and erases itself,” Enda notices on her voyage, “so that they can never find their way back, even if they want to.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
“She erases a lot of mistakes out there,” Ogwumike said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
The new policy erases all ambiguity around the question of whether bot-made text can exist on Wikipedia’s public pages to begin with.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
At about 180 million years old, they formed during a time when animals were actively disturbing the seafloor worldwide, which normally erases delicate microbial textures.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
The faceless quality of the Net erases the problems geeks face in the "real" world of image, fashion, communication skills, etc.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Mladić "deserved to be erased from memory for good, not to be... promoted as a hero," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
A slow-motion collapse in South Korea’s Kospi index erased $2.5 trillion in value, burning investors who bet on the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The drastic fall erased more than $1 trillion in market value from the company, though it still retains a $1.6-trillion market cap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
U.S. stocks on Friday closed out a brutal month that erased a chunk of the summer’s gains in technology names.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
In just a few sentences she’s erased the frown on Ollie Mae’s face and the two of them stand in the doorway talking about coupons and sales and Christmas shopping.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
He also reminded her repeatedly that U.S. airspace had been shut down, erasing the threat of an attack on the West Coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Fearing that authorities were actively erasing culpability, the victim's family appealed for help.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The film, which was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, follows Peter Parker as he struggles with changes to his powers and lives in isolation after erasing his identity.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Typically, “the Court’s cases neither name nor quote the disfranchised, erasing their voices from law’s past.”
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
“What else do you think? You want to say the line, the striking line, the erasing line?”
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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