dispose
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Broken, dirty and downright grotty donations are costing hospice charities tens of thousands of pounds to dispose of.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Over the longer term, Public Bank might dispose its Public Financial stake to unlock value and free up capital, given Hong Kong’s competitive market, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Removing EP2 restored the macrophages' ability to dispose of neutrophils, reversing the disruption caused by PGE2.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Jegede said if the leaves or fruit are too delicate to wash or ash is still visible, it would be best to dispose of the produce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I’ll dispose of the clone, sir,” said Tam Lin.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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A senior administration official Sunday detailed a three-part framework in which Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and disposes of its enriched uranium while the U.S. unwinds its blockade in Iranian ports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Do they think there is some sort of pickup service that comes along and disposes of their carefully collected excrement?
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
St. Damien has scheduled her first pickup with Ridwell, a subscription service that picks up and disposes of hard-to-recycle trash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
Equally important, there’s no way to ignore the spectacularly difficult institutional hurdles of how society manages and disposes of its nuclear waste.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023
Collectively, the Party owns everything in Oceania, because it controls everything and disposes of the products as it thinks fit.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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“The beach and Pacific Coast Highway were momentarily shut down while the ordnance was disposed of in place,” the post stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The office intends to have an environmental contractor remove the lithium batteries, which it says will be properly disposed of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
After the Second World War ended, the Allies disposed of tons of ammunition by dumping it into the ocean so it could not fall into the wrong hands.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
It requires that person to be deprived of ownership of the animal - to have it taken away - and for the animal to be disposed of.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But the early letters and leaks out of Monticello indicated that he was in fact disposed to agree and consider a bipartisan political alliance grounded in the personal trust of the once-great collaboration.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Long said he wanted a rebate as he had been required to pay council tax since moving in and despite disposing of rubbish in skips provided by the estate developer.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Using a plastic bag to collect the soil and disposing of it in the garbage — not green yard waste bins — will help to reduce the spread of airborne chemicals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Properly collecting and disposing of spent fireworks could help reduce these environmental effects.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 4, 2026
It makes much of its money on water that those companies need to use in their operations, and by recycling and disposing of that water.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Many were there to provide various services to the men who did— doing their laundry, cooking their meals at the mess hall, selling them various sundries, disposing of their trash.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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