wipe

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“When he left baseball suddenly, I knew something was wrong,” Bean’s mother, Linda Kovac, said Friday, pausing to wipe away tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Counting to three and closing your eyes is all it takes to wipe the ovine memory clean and return to a state of blissful ignorance.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

When Musk told Page that he would prefer that the AIs not wipe out all humans, Page accused him of being a “speciesist,” Musk testified.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

ATMs were supposed to wipe out bank tellers.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

For the first time, human beings held in their hands the power to wipe all life from the face of the earth.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin