dispersing

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Brinkema barred the justice department from taking any steps to stand up or operate the fund - including processing or dispersing claims - until a preliminary hearing on 12 June.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

“The proposal maintains one distinctly Black-influence district while dispersing Black voters among other districts,” Phillip Thompson, executive director of the National Black Nonpartisan Redistricting Organization, wrote for the Virginia Mercury in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The lion had been seen traversing the city since at least Sunday and probably got lost while dispersing from its mother, the agency said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 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

Fat droplets ticked off the edge, spreading and dispersing like drops of ink in the clear water.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt