dispersed
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"Officers attended and the crowd dispersed shortly afterwards," a force spokesperson added.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
That means moving away from large static formations toward more mobile dispersed ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
At the State Department, former officials said, Iran specialists at the counterterrorism bureau were dispersed to regional offices where counterterrorism is one of many priorities.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
“And a lot of his family is kind of dispersed around the world, essentially. He just feels they’ve got a handle on it down there, so he’s going to stay with us.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
After the rescue team dispersed, I sat in the snow for a long while by myself, staring at my boots, endeavoring to get a grip on what had happened over the preceding seventy-two hours.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing dispersed
Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 10
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