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[purj] / pɜrdʒ /




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Appeared in the January 27, 2026, print edition as 'China’s Decadence and the Military Purge'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Angel City was so angered by the call that three players — Haracic, Savannah McCaskill and Katie Johnson — drew yellow cards before Midge Purge calmly stepped up and converted her try.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2023

In the wake of my Great File Purge, those cabinets loom reproachfully in my garage.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2021

Facebook groups like Seattle House Plant Enthusiasts and Sound Locals Plant Purge hold or enable swaps and sales, while Seattle Houseplant Watch gives you the skinny on who has the hottest plants in town today.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

Those Swoonings, which are the Effect of Bleeding, or of the violent Operation of some Purge, are to be ranged in this Class.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)




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