disband
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Last year the PKK announced plans to disband and disarm, following a call from its jailed founder and longtime leader Ocalan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Last month, the trust announced it was planning to disband.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Rather than disband the Vermont Rainbow Coalition after the 1984 primary, they kept the group going, endorsing candidates in campaigns for the legislature and statewide office in each of the next three election cycles.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
The SDF still controls the cities Kobani and Hasakah, where there are large Kurdish populations, and where the militia group could dig in rather than disband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Coveting the directorship as a way to build his own bureaucratic empire, Hoover concealed from Stone the extent of his role in domestic surveillance operations and promised to disband the intelligence division.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Before the mayor disbands the SRG, I would urge him to check the facts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
It disbands a myriad of existing working groups and replaces them with a centralized system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
But with little time left before Congress disbands for the year, it is unclear whether lawmakers will take any further steps to bring Rosenstein back for an interview.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2018
In two weeks’ time the CBS Orchestra, expanded beyond the bare-bones band Shaffer had in the NBC days, disbands.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2015
Peter the Great recalled from England by a revolt of the Strelitz guards; he subdues and disbands them.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by John Rudd
In yet another sign that the company is tightening its focus on commercial AI applications, Google disbanded its AlphaFold research team in July.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
After the Ballet Russe disbanded, Monson de Kansky toured with the Marquis de Cuevas ballet company for nine years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Since the group disbanded in 1987, he has become a serial collaborator, working with everyone from The Pretenders and Talking Heads to Bryan Ferry, Oasis, Blondie, Beck, Modest Mouse, The Cribs and Franz Ferdinand.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
And, according to Mr. Thompson’s telling, it eventually upended everything when he disbanded the group in the mid-’80s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
“The faction system that has long supported itself on the hacks of discarded human beings will be disbanded at once,” says Evelyn.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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Mr. Mamdani may have been gratuitous in firing and disbanding the advisory board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Although the 2016 peace deal led to the disbanding of large parts of Farc, other armed groups have moved in to fill the vacuum, and often control trafficking routes and the local economies.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
He dramatically curbed the powers of the religious establishment, disbanding the Islamic police and ending the funding for ultra-conservative proselytization overseas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
He announced the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
That when he goes home, he won’t have to constantly freak out about his squad disbanding.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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