dispersing

Example Sentences

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This has proven to be an effective tool in dispersing large gatherings of youths, helping to prevent anti-social behaviour and criminality taking place in the area; whilst supporting our city centre community.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Energy and momentum travel through the gas indefinitely instead of dispersing as heat, which is what happens in most materials.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

Iran's Fars news agency said "sporadic gatherings" took place around the bazaar during an afternoon shutdown, with police dispersing the protest and demonstrators scattering into the alleyways nearby.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Ultimately, when lawmakers advanced the bill, cloud seeding was spared from the ban, which would prohibit dispersing chemicals to alter the temperature, weather or “the intensity of the sunlight.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

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