dispatch

The buzz: France, bidding to make its third consecutive World Cup final, needed a penalty kick from Kylian Mbappé to dispatch stubborn Paraguay, a third-place team, in the round of 16.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

But emergency dispatch audio reported by US media has deepened concern in Washington, indicating that responders were sent that morning to McConnell's address for an unconscious person and that CPR was in progress.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

In Nepal, she traveled to Everest Base Camp to write a dispatch for the Christian Science Monitor on the country's attempts to more closely regulate the mountaineering industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

In a separate resignation, hours later, Carns said he could not "in good conscience stand at the dispatch box and defend a level of investment I know to be inadequate to the task".

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

They would demand to see what was in his dispatch bag and after looking at the papers dump them in the mud.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Back on the road, Charlotte and Connor barely have time to make themselves available to the dispatches team before another job comes in.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

In the viral reaction to these dispatches, there seems to be a redemptive longing for a U.S. whose image has been complicated at home and abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Harry’s aunt and uncle have been preventing such dispatches from reaching the young wizard-to-be, but the boarding school’s messenger owls are having none of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Media outlets deploy squads of writers, videographers and social editors to produce a steady stream of clips and dispatches, the kind of coverage that now determines their relevance as much as their reporting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

A British agent in Redding, Connecticut, sent in another report: “Private dispatches are frequently sent” from New York “by way of Setauket, where a certain Brewster receives them, at, or near a certain woman’s.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

Before the knockout round, the brand dispatched teams of local ranchbassadors to multiple stadiums with one goal: pass out samples to every fan in sight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Health authorities have reported a surge in respiratory illnesses due to air pollution, and firefighters have dispatched helicopters, water tankers, bulldozers and drones to extinguish the inferno.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the longest-serving Senate party leader in American history, has not been seen in public since he was hospitalized on June 14 after emergency responders were dispatched to his Washington residence.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Hundreds of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York field office had been dispatched to assist the local police.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

With a deep breath, Sarai disengaged a moth from the ledge and spurred it forward, a single smithereen of darkness dispatched into the dim.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

After dispatching Djokovic, he will have every confidence that he possesses the weaponry and experience to overcome Zverev, who he has not lost to since 2023.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was dispatching a team to inspect the damage, calling the incident "deeply concerning".

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

He added: “In the future you could be dispatching robots to go make intercepts.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Staff member Brandon Richards, who made $136,000 last year, is tasked with quickly dispatching responses to information the governor’s team deems inaccurate or misleading that is spread on social media and in the media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

"And you can be past certain that Lord Stannis will be dispatching his own shepherds to gather in his brother's wayward lambs."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin