dispatching

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It’s also true that thousands of homes might still be standing if the state and city of L.A. had done a better job of managing woodlands and rapidly dispatching firefighters and equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“Ulysses can fight, but it’s not about him becoming this kind of revengeful wraith moving through the movie dispatching people. It’s action, but with empathy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

He spoke after dispatching a top adviser to Moscow last week, in the first such meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Another taxi driver, who gave the name Steve, claimed firms would purposely increase the mileage on trips by dispatching drivers to another distant town to carry out short journeys.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The best solution he could see would mean dispatching her to Eastwatch and asking Cotter Pyke to put her on a ship to someplace across the sea, beyond the reach of all these quarrelsome kings.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin