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[dis-band] / dɪsˈbænd /


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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

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

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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