expunge
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The irony, of course, is Arnold has done his best to expunge his own personal history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
He's among those seeking to expunge his record in the U.S.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
He disclaims any effort to reverse or expunge the old case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
As such, it was their mission to expunge such art from the public memory.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025
When the Spanish governor tried to recruit the Hopi to live in missions, their leaders told him not to bother: the epidemic soon would expunge them from the earth.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Traces of red just happened to come out with the nurse’s sweat because “the human body is inherently leaky,” Everts writes, “not because sweat is the way your body intentionally expunges toxins.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
Fresh research occasionally surfaces new runs and expunges others.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2021
It neither expunges his record nor declares that the law that condemned him was unjust in the first place.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020
The law expunges charges for which a person was not found guilty.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2019
It promotes union and harmony, expunges all selfishness, allays petulant feelings and turbulent passions, destroys peevishness of temper, and makes home-intercourse holy and delightful.
From The Christian Home by Philips, Samuel
Concerns about the sustainability of the AI investment boom and Thursday’s tepid jobs report haven’t been expunged, but they’ve been delayed, much like the red card of the U.S. team’s leading goal scorer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Older videos from dashboard cameras that are still stored on magnetic videotape would also be expunged, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
Even after Friday’s selloff, that indicator remains high, indicating “speculation hasn’t been expunged from the market,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
They write between the lines, telling stories that some would prefer to see expunged from the public record.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Still, together, Russia and Iran are responsible for over 11% of the world’s oil production, meaning that expunging them from the global oil trade would be challenging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
It provides various legal aid services, such as resolving outstanding fines and fees and misdemeanors, expunging convictions and clearing bench warrants, while connecting participants to other much-needed services and job opportunities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
Rep. Ryan Zinke, Montana Republican, also wasn’t sure what expunging an impeachment would actually mean.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Texas Instruments said in April it expected overstocked customers to continue expunging excess inventory even in the second quarter.
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2023
Capitalizing on Mantell’s enfeebled state, Owen set about systematically expunging Mantell’s contributions from the record, renaming species that Mantell had named years before and claiming credit for their discovery for himself.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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