look for two words which are either on the same line or one is on the of a line and the second is on the beginning on the beginning of the next line. If found, first word is deleted

Cloudy Curlew answered on October 25, 2022 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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#!/bin/sh
sed '
/ONE/ {
# append a line
	N
# "ONE TWO" on same line
	s/ONE TWO/TWO/
# "ONE
# TWO" on two consecutive lines
	s/ONE\nTWO/TWO/
}' file

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Tags: either line next whatever word words

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Contributed on Oct 25 2022

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