dispatch
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Inspectors will assess the end-to-end process of a police response through the control room, including call handling, dispatch and initial attendance at incidents of serious violence.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The shipper Sea Legend will dispatch the Dubai Tower from Ningbo, China, to Felixstowe in the U.K. on what it calls the Arctic Express, following a route along Russia’s north coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
One company even approached me about helping build an AI system to dispatch ambulances, which made me uncomfortable.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The records — everything from audio recordings of emergency dispatch calls to the emails and text messages of high-ranking police officials — were seemingly no longer being published on NextRequest, the city’s records portal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
But it often restricted the ability of reinsurers to dispatch investigators to verify claims.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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“The daily dispatches shine a light on a wide range of often overlooked good news in our community.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The clips were among thousands of reels, memes and first-person dispatches that flooded Instagram once protesters regained internet access.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Southern California native is known as someone who Musk dispatches to solve tough technical problems, former employees have said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
They ignored the numbers and filled their dispatches with adjectives indicating a doom that, hilariously, the study didn’t support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
In the evenings I would sit before this television bearing witness to the dispatches from this other world.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Senate, two-term Sen. Ed Markey, an 80-year-old progressive, easily dispatched the more moderate Rep. Seth Moulton, 47.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
In 2024, al-Shabaab dispatched a more senior envoy, Sheikh Ahmed Elmi Samatar, to work alongside Jibril.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Two helicopters have been dispatched but it is challenging because it is tough to even locate the entry points of the tunnel," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Fire Department was dispatched at 9:11 p.m. and arrived at the collision site four minutes later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Later, when the growth had been dispatched and the brain healed and the schoolmistress was sleeping comfortably, Xan felt she could finally relax.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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The Navy is reportedly dispatching another carrier, the USS George Washington, to replace the Lincoln.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Martina Bergman Osterberg was a powerhouse liberal, a college owner and principal who strategically and scientifically set out to build "physically perfect" women before dispatching them to teach and create more in their likeness.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
The Rwandans followed up by dispatching a team of diplomats and senior officials to Washington to deliver the message face-to-face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
But they were luckier than usual: once they surprised a large fisher in the very act of dispatching a porcupine.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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