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dispatch

[dih-spach] / dɪˈspætʃ /






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One company even approached me about helping build an AI system to dispatch ambulances, which made me uncomfortable.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

A revealing dispatch from across the pond: Kim Kardashian’s underwear empire has expanded to the U.K., to much fanfare.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

The company is investing in enterprise programs that dispatch engineers who work with business clients to plan and build AI applications.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

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

A cock crowed to dispatch the last remains of night and to mute the crickets that couldn’t let go of the darkness of their own accord.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

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

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

Then video reports began connecting to satellite linkups, and international journalists who’d braved Russian checkpoints got west and filed their dispatches.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 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

He scarcely read the telegraphic dispatches that reported routine operations.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In some cases, police are dispatched instead of ambulances.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

A spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department confirmed to The Times that personnel were dispatched at 5:30 p.m. to respond to a medical emergency at Chase Center.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Officers then dispatched a bomb disposal robot, while air traffic was halted for several hours.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

She and her colleagues compiled inventories, negotiated among rival claimants, and dispatched books and archives to Jewish communities.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The bureau dispatched William Henry Holmes to scrutinize the case for Pleistocene proto-Indians.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Saudi Arabia had diverted its oil exports to its Red Sea ports and out the Bab al Mandeb, dispatching some 4.5 million barrels via that route per day.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 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

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

Once he forged his chain, his secret father and his friends wasted no time dispatching him to Winterfell to fill Lord Rickard’s ears with poisoned words as sweet as honey.

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




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