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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

As China expands the capabilities of its armed forces, it has also undergone a widespread purge of its military leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

“We’ve cooled it down enough. That purge valve that is on top of it is no longer purging any kind of product,” Covey said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

“For me, the most important data point was the purge External link of the highest levels of China’s military a couple months ago,” said Arjun Jayaraman, Quantitative Portfolio Manager at Causeway Capital Management.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

I could see in their eyes that they were very worried, and I tried to tell them that I was not sick, that I simply had to tell my story to purge the fever.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The pair were among dozens of senior military figures ousted in the most extensive purges since the Mao era.

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 purges leave a leadership vacuum in China’s top ranks that was put on full display at legislative meetings in Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 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

Marina completed her pilot’s license in 1935, just before the purges began.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Take this spring’s Michael Jackson biopic, a film that purged Jackson of all of his eccentricities in an attempt to downplay the allegations that clouded his late career.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

That era ended with the Quiet Revolution in 1960, when Quebecers purged the church from those institutions in favour of secularism.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

Admirers kept him on a pedestal even as former UFW members alleged over the last two decades that the boss they once idolized purged too many good people in the name of absolute control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

It hasn’t fought a full-scale war since battling Vietnam in 1979, and Xi has purged much of the military’s top leadership over corruption allegations and questions of loyalty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Technically, these aren’t the people who purged Ben.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

As someone who grew up participating in many garage sales, I do think there is value in purging, even if you’re not selling items for as much as you potentially could.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

“Is he purging not just perfectly competent people, but highly competent people, the people you would want in your foxhole?” he asks.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

If you have trouble closing drawers or closet doors, she wrote, it is time to start purging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

In the days following the story’s publication, lawmakers and animal advocates called on the state’s Food and Agriculture Department to stop “destroying evidence” of the deceptive practices by purging the records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

In the nineteenth century, the treatment of an intestinal disease focused on purging the system through vomiting and moving the bowels.

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