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disband

[dis-band] / dɪsˈbænd /


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Last year the PKK announced plans to disband and disarm, following a call from its jailed founder and longtime leader Ocalan.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

Rather than disband the Vermont Rainbow Coalition after the 1984 primary, they kept the group going, endorsing candidates in campaigns for the legislature and statewide office in each of the next three election cycles.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

The SDF still controls the cities Kobani and Hasakah, where there are large Kurdish populations, and where the militia group could dig in rather than disband.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

It was the inner circle, a cabal I’d tried to disband for more than a decade.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2026

So, loath to disband after such high adventures, we reached the northern boundary of the world, chasing Mongols en route.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Before the mayor disbands the SRG, I would urge him to check the facts.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

It disbands a myriad of existing working groups and replaces them with a centralized system.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2024

The nine-member task force officially disbands Friday, but Democrat state Sen. Steven Bradford told the audience that the “final report is not the end of the work. It is really just the beginning.”

From Washington Times Jun. 29, 2023

But with little time left before Congress disbands for the year, it is unclear whether lawmakers will take any further steps to bring Rosenstein back for an interview.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2018

A last roll is given to the drum, and the army disbands.

From The Long Ago by J. W. (Jacob William) Wright

In yet another sign that the company is tightening its focus on commercial AI applications, Google disbanded its AlphaFold research team in July.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

She spent a year at La Masia, Barcelona's famous youth academy, but had to leave when her girls team was disbanded.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Since the group disbanded in 1987, he has become a serial collaborator, working with everyone from The Pretenders and Talking Heads to Bryan Ferry, Oasis, Blondie, Beck, Modest Mouse, The Cribs and Franz Ferdinand.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

And, according to Mr. Thompson’s telling, it eventually upended everything when he disbanded the group in the mid-’80s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Valentina continued to work at Star City until 1997, although the cosmonaut group was disbanded in 1969.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

A unit of Spanish volunteers said it was disbanding after having waited two days at an airport in Spain for accreditation from Venezuelan authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Before disbanding in 1991, it was the only such alliance in history whose members invaded each other.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

The group went on to achieve a string of top 10 hits and sold millions of albums before disbanding in 2013.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2026

He announced the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2025

That when he goes home, he won’t have to constantly freak out about his squad disbanding.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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