regex-str-rplc

 public static void main(String[] args) {
        String strTest = "the fb-group phpandjava the devs is the crap because the they have banned my the main account because the i reported ~15 posts as the spam";
        System.out.println("Before: "+strTest);
        String regex = "\\s*\\bthe\\b";
        strTest = strTest.replaceAll(regex, "");
        System.out.println("After: "+strTest);
    }