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Still, the latest retaliatory purge was as pathetic as it was predictable.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

Buying from the manufacturer or a carrier should cover you, but you can perform a factory reset on the iPhone or Android device if you want to purge lingering apps and data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

"Could it work a week after infection? Two weeks? How far can you go after infection, and still purge the virus?"

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

They have been dreaming of a revolution which will remake Myanmar as a more democratic and inclusive country, and purge the armed forces from politics.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

“We need to take care of this. It’s too far gone. We have to excoriate the skin and replace your G-tube to purge the infection.”

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Similarly, the Independent has the headline: "Burnham vows to be 'circuit-breaker' PM as he purges cabinet".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Since taking power in 2012, Xi has used anticorruption purges to consolidate control and advance plans to modernize a military that hasn’t fought a full-scale war since 1979, when China battled Vietnam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Xi ramped up defense purges again in the summer of 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

But this is not the full story of the purges, which have been driven by a leader exerting ever more control over the party and the country.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Now the Soviet Air Force became an unlucky target for Stalin’s purges, because it had been a source of pride for Mikhail Tukhachevsky.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

After Clara died in 1896, her eldest daughter, Marie, purged even more, sharing only limited selections of Clara’s diaries with Clara’s biographer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Maybe you could call it a tea party wokeness, purged of pedants and scolds.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

An economic planner and later an engineer at the State Planning Commission, Zhu was purged twice during the tumultuous early decades of the People's Republic.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Manzo purged the municipal police and pleaded with the federal government to send troops and military-grade weapons to Uruapan.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

The old, discredited leaders of the Party had been used to gather there before they were finally purged.

From "1984" by George Orwell

As someone who grew up participating in many garage sales, I do think there is value in purging, even if you’re not selling items for as much as you potentially could.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

“Is he purging not just perfectly competent people, but highly competent people, the people you would want in your foxhole?” he asks.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

But I do think this particular controversy has tapped into something deeper, purging a spiritual angst that has long surrounded liberal culture.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

Meta is currently purging the ads on its platforms and plans to ban future ads that promote the litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

How had any of these books escaped the purging fires ten years ago?

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas