purge

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After nine seasons in Buffalo—and no Super Bowl rings for quarterback Josh Allen—the Bills’ Sean McDermott became the latest victim of the NFL’s coaching purge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

An anti-corruption purge in the army has also not deterred Beijing from increasing its number of incursions into Taiwan's air defence zone.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Maese appears to have survived the purge, at least so far; he’s in Milan right now covering the Olympics.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

The most recent purge comes on the back of another crackdown which saw nine top generals - including some CMC members - removed from their posts in October 2025.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

In 1984, during an expedition to Nepal’s Annapurna massif, he’d picked up a gastrointestinal parasite, Entamoeba histolytica, which he was unable to entirely purge from his body over the years that followed.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer