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Artificial intelligence agents developed by OpenAI tried to erase traces of their activity after gaining unauthorized access to government websites, according to a report published Thursday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The merger has been unpopular in Hollywood because the combination of two similar companies is expected to erase at least 4,500 jobs, according to a recent report from Los Angeles County’s Department of Economic Opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Of all the recent attempts to erase the cultural past embodied in stone, Palmyra in Syria still stands out.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

No amount of wealth can erase retirement worries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

It was like they just wanted to erase it all and go back to normal.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

“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

The three singers at least remember the name of the “Men in Black” device that erases your memory: The Neuralyzer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 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

I wipe the sleep from my eyes, and it erases my dreams and the memories of Maman.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Amnesty International's Felix Jakens told the players to give proper thought to playing in a tournament organised by a cricket board from a country which has "erased women and girls from public life".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

For example, Jason Galanis, who pled guilty to defrauding the Oglala Sioux Nation, had paid just over $2 million of his $80 million restitution before his sentence was commuted and the restitution erased in 2025.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

“Seeing my identity changed and being left out of the picture made me feel, in a way, silenced and erased from a representation that was supposed to include me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

That process erased the physical structures that could have revealed what those bodies originally contained.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

There was something dreamy, and then a flash of irritation, and then more dreaminess before irritation erased it again.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

That would solve her immediate problem of finding her way home but create an even worse one by erasing her recall of her most precious friendship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The Green Bay Packers also triumphed in overtime by erasing a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter against the New York Jets to win 20-17 - and snap a six-game losing streak.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Henry Ford dreamed of erasing the boundary between farm and factory.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

This corner of Brooklyn is moving on to the next wave of gentrification: They’re culturally gentrifying the original gentrifiers, erasing the identity of precariously employed DJs who are experimenting with polyamory and microbangs.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Ms. Rubin was erasing the chalkboard at the front of the room.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio