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Localities across Virginia have been wiping away divisive reminders of the state’s role as the capital of the Confederacy including renaming schools and removing Confederate monuments.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2021

We have been wiping down every surface that we have before and after every meal, regularly cleaning all railings and door knobs, handing out plastic gloves.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2020

I have a score to pay that I have been wiping off for the past thirty years.

From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by Canavan, M. J. (Michael Joseph)