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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

For this he took a powerful purge called Father George’s Elixir of Life.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

On social media, leaks of impending purges often appear in subtle forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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

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

"The detention of Zhang Youxia was the capstone arrest of the greatest series of purges in the history of China's PLA," experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies wrote in a note.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

But—though this was one of the crimes that the accused in the great purges invariably confessed to—it was difficult to imagine any such thing actually happening.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

Previously purged under Mao Zedong's regime, Zhu was brought back into the fold after Mao's death in 1976.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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

The night was cool and purged of immediate terror.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

It is likely to have a limited impact in the month ahead because the law forbids states from purging their voter rolls in the 90 days before an election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Dick’s spent the end of last year purging Foot Locker’s underperforming stores and inventory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

With a major career milestone within her reach and increased appearances in front of the camera, the sudden pressures on Maddie trigger long-hidden patterns of disordered eating: bingeing and purging, secrets and lies.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 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

Those nursing the sick also tried to keep the patient comfortable, which wasn’t very easy, with all of that purging.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman