disperse
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A clean-up is under way after disorder was mainly concentrated along one street in the Greater Belfast area, where police deployed water cannon to disperse a crowd.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
AFP journalists saw several people arrested by police, who also fired tear gas to disperse the growing crowds.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Typically, winds in the upper atmosphere can weaken or disperse gravity waves before they reach such heights.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
When he arrived at around 8:30 a.m., a police officer was on a megaphone announcing that the shop wouldn’t be opening, that no watches would be sold, and requesting that the crowd disperse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Rishi leaned in to Dimple as Kevin and his friends began to disperse into the crowd.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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