wipe

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“When he left baseball suddenly, I knew something was wrong,” Bean’s mother, Linda Kovac, said Friday, pausing to wipe away tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

“You’re losing to the house if you’re not paying your balance off,” Henderson said, as the interest charges will wipe out any value the points provide.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

AI tools are improving at a dizzying pace, raising fears that the technology could wipe out jobs across legal, accounting and other industries where software is essential.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Counting to three and closing your eyes is all it takes to wipe the ovine memory clean and return to a state of blissful ignorance.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

The Widow Ashton removed her pince-nez to wipe the lenses, for they had grown foggy from all the moisture.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood