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
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
In 1949, Down Beat magazine, long a champion, even urged him to disband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
It was the inner circle, a cabal I’d tried to disband for more than a decade.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
“I have always said no one could play Chopin like Mademoiselle Reiszl” “That last prelude! Bon Dieu! It shakes a manl” It was growing late, and there was a general disposition to disband.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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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
For Sons of Kemet, this will be one of the pioneering British jazz group’s final performances, with just a handful of European performances left before it permanently disbands.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
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
What power disbands the Northern Lights After their steely play?
From Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War by Herman Melville
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
She spent a year at La Masia, Barcelona's famous youth academy, but had to leave when her girls team was disbanded.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Right down the street from us was the Gaslight Café, a folk club my father co-managed after the Highwaymen disbanded in 1964.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The group disbanded in 2010 and their debut album was never released.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Seeing that it had worked for me, my sisters invented similar stories, and together we announced that the Sedaris Trio had officially disbanded.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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
The New York state party responded by disbanding its Young Republican group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
The administration has also expressed interest in disbanding FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as early as this fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2025
Chief Buthelezi called for the abolition of the Record of Understanding, the ending of CODESA, and the disbanding of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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