erase
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After crushing the Bar Kokhba revolt in the year 135, Emperor Hadrian renamed the province Syria Palaestina, invoking the Philistines, enemies of Israel, to erase Jewish identification with the land.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The Michigan study does not erase that history.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
If CBS wanted to erase him from the corporate media machine, Colbert would simply route around the machine itself.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Taiwan, too, would confront Beijing with political realities that military force cannot erase.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
My mother had trouble persuading me to carry one because I was a lady, but I now realized that a handkerchief was an invaluable tool for a counterspy—to erase fingerprints, and so forth.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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