dispatching

Example Sentences

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“Ulysses can fight, but it’s not about him becoming this kind of revengeful wraith moving through the movie dispatching people. It’s action, but with empathy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

After dispatching Wales comfortably in the opening round, England's performances have taken a sharp downward turn, with losses to Scotland and Ireland by 11 and 21 points respectively.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

It has been dispatching engineers to China to see how it manages to build reactors comparatively quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

He spoke after dispatching a top adviser to Moscow last week, in the first such meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The best solution he could see would mean dispatching her to Eastwatch and asking Cotter Pyke to put her on a ship to someplace across the sea, beyond the reach of all these quarrelsome kings.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin