disperse

The crowd began to disperse at about 21:45 after they learned of the charges against Thomas.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Moroccan police made "no serious attempt to try to reduce, disperse or move the mass of people away from the border perimeter", the report said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

For travelers on a tight timeline, a quick trip around the Damariscotta is a chance to sample the best of a state where oysters reach peak flavor just as summer crowds disperse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Astronomers estimate that the Lion Nebula will eventually disperse in approximately 10,000 years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

In the same way, the early unconscious stages of crop evolution from wild plants consisted of plants evolving in ways that attracted humans to eat and disperse their fruit without yet intentionally growing them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

But as tech talent disperses to the likes of Austin, Texas, that reason may become less important.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

When you season the crumbs directly, you’re ensuring that flavor disperses evenly throughout the loaf rather than pooling in pockets.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

Simple things like the way your body disperses fat, aging, or skin laxity can create asymmetry.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026

Knowing when the gas disperses is important as it constrains the time left for nascent planets to consume the gas from their surroundings.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024

After maybe ten minutes of questions, the crowd disperses and we walk back to our parking spot.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Most of the protesters have since dispersed, but some members of the Orange Order remain.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The knowledge behind artificial intelligence is widely dispersed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The dispersed ash eventually settles out of the atmosphere, permitting the Sun’s rays to shine fully on the surface again – reviving agriculture and ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

But the shift would enable multiple geographically dispersed production sources, increase surge capacity, reduce bottlenecks and make the industrial base more resilient to attack, sabotage, natural disaster and supply-chain disruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The haze dispersed, and Nhamo realized she was in a far worse situation than she could ever have imagined.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The rotating forces improved their performance, as they became more adept at dispersing and concealing themselves and using electronic warfare, said the Army official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Rather than dispersing evenly in every direction, heat can follow routes determined by the structure of a crystal.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Police officers on horseback have been dispersing crowds trying to gather along Nairobi streets.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Her travel patterns continue to demonstrate the unpredictable movements of a dispersing wolf seeking a mate and territory of its own,” John Marchwick, of the educational group California Wolf Watch, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

I opened the door to a chauffeur, and past his shoulder I could see some police constables dispersing to various points of the grounds.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro