wipe
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Mothers wipe dust from photographs of their children.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Regulators should have been careful given such products are "inherently high-risk because the compounding effect can wipe out an investor's entire principal over a short period," it said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
This can generate heavy short-term capital-gains taxes that can wipe out any extra returns.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The rise in automation, though, has also raised concerns about whether AI will wipe out certain jobs in software engineering, customer service, entertainment and other areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Wash your hands, wipe your feet, give me a kiss, sit down and eat.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
The recall of the wipes — Target brand Up & Up Fragrance Free and Cucumber Scented Baby Wipes — came after Target and the manufacturer, Sapro Temizlik Urunleri, received numerous customer complaints of “product discoloration.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
The FDA later identified in testing that the baby wipes were contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia and Burkholderia gladioli, bacterias commonly found in soil and water, in product samples tested by the FDA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Those at the top of the wealth distribution can absorb long-term-care costs without substantial losses, but for most Americans, the burden of paying for care wipes out decades of savings and home equity.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is accepting nonperishable and household items such as boxed pasta, baby wipes and laundry detergent to distribute to workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
She grabs a paper towel from the wall dispenser, wets it in the sink, and wipes it off.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
Hundreds of small businesses saw their inventories wiped out in the strike, triggering angry comments on social media.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
His people are ancient and few, a clan whose kinship with nature left them vulnerable to warring nobles who all but wiped them out.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
While many people think that the city’s population was wiped out, the vast majority actually escaped and modern research has found the names and details of hundreds of survivors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The conflict has severely disrupted flows through the Strait of Hormuz, which used to carry around 20% of global liquefied natural gas flows, while Iranian attacks have wiped out 17% of Qatar’s LNG export capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
I wiped my hands on a kitchen towel and brought up this morning’s notes on my phone.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
“The exciting part is that this generation is not about wiping the slate clean, but about beginning a new slate,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
"No matter how much we wiped her body down, her fever didn't come down. The doctors just kept coming and saying, 'keep wiping her body,'" Akhter says.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The digital coin crashed hours later, wiping out millions of dollars in investors’ funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"I probably should have a cap," he conceded, wiping his forehead.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Jack said, wiping his dirt-covered hands on his pants.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
