public function delete( $return_promise = false ) {
		$to_delete = $this->get_ids();

		if ( empty( $to_delete ) ) {
			return $return_promise ? new Tribe__Promise() : array();
		}


		/**
		 * Filters the post delete operation allowing third party code to bail out of
		 * the process completely.
		 *
		 * @since 4.9.5
		 *
		 * @param array|null $deleted An array containing the the IDs of the deleted posts.
		 * @param self       $this    This repository instance.
		 */
		$deleted = apply_filters( "tribe_repository_{$this->filter_name}_delete", null, $to_delete );
		if ( null !== $deleted ) {
			return $deleted;
		}

		if (
			$this->is_background_delete_active( $to_delete )
			&& count( $to_delete ) > $this->get_background_delete_threshold( $to_delete )
		) {
			return $this->async_delete( $to_delete, $return_promise );
		}

		$delete_callback = $this->get_delete_callback( $to_delete );

		foreach ( $to_delete as $id ) {
			$done = $delete_callback( $id );

			if ( empty( $done ) ) {
				tribe( 'logger' )->log(
					__( 'Could not delete post with ID ' . $id, 'tribe-common' ),
					Tribe__Log::WARNING,
					$this->filter_name
				);
				continue;
			}
			$deleted[] = $id;
		}

		return $return_promise ? new Tribe__Promise() : $deleted;
	}