dispersed
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The answer isn’t straightforward, in part because its chapters are too dispersed to fit one label.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Police Scotland said the Possilpark demonstration on Saturday "dispersed without further issue" following the single arrest.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Upon their arrival, the troops dispersed the Israeli civilians and allowed the vehicles to continue on their way,” it said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Rather than modifying the ink with surfactants or chemically altering the particles, they dispersed nanoscale ultra fine bubbles throughout the liquid.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
The people of these “mound builder” civilizations dispersed before the European invasion, but we know their descendants today as the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, and Natchez Nations of the Southeast.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing dispersed
Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 10
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