def remove_articles(text: str) ->str:
    """
    Removes articles from a given text. Not particularly fast, but since
    we are dealing with titles, no need to prematurely optimize.

    Note: currently, ITAD removes only 'the'...

    :param text: string from which articles (currently only 'the') need to be
                 removed
    :return: formatted string
    """
    articles = {'the': ''}
    remaining = []
    for word in text.split():
        if word not in articles:
            remaining.append(word)
    return ' '.join(remaining)
