disband
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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
If we lose, my teammates will disband for the season, and it’ll be that much harder to follow Ren around.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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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
For Sons of Kemet, this will be one of the pioneering British jazz group’s final performances, with just a handful of European performances left before it permanently disbands.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
If the commission disbands, another intermediary will have to replace it.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2020
It arms, disarms, raises and disbands Officers and Soldiers, without being accomptable to the State.
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
Tegna disbanded, its shareholders were paid and top Tegna executives exited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
They had been disbanded when the Aturan Empire collapsed.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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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
He dramatically curbed the powers of the religious establishment, disbanding the Islamic police and ending the funding for ultra-conservative proselytization overseas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
He announced the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
Earlier this year, Nate Anderson, the founder of Hindenburg Research, announced that he was disbanding the company almost eight years after starting it.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
Chief Buthelezi called for the abolition of the Record of Understanding, the ending of CODESA, and the disbanding of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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