# Eliminar solo las "O" finales pero respetar la letra en "HELLO"
# https://es.stackoverflow.com/q/122586/127
a <- c("HELLO DO","DO HELLO XO","XO","DOO CHELLO HELLOS HELLO BOOOO GO")
gsub("(\\<HELLO\\>)|O\\>","\\1",a)
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