dismantle
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Abia state police commissioner Wilfred Afolabi said the operation was part of an ongoing campaign to dismantle criminal hideouts in the state.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“It’s another medium for me to be able to articulate or dismantle those constructs around what makes sense together,” Kelela says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
But rather than Benn leaving with his mission accomplished, Ryan Garcia laid bare the unforgiving reality of elite-level boxing, taking just two rounds to dismantle, drop and stop the 29-year-old.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s request to dismantle Google’s online advertising business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The memo details the plans for the evacuation of the American embassy in Warsaw and Willa’s work to dismantle the office.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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“Collaboration recovers children sooner, links investigation, dismantles trafficking organizations and holds traffickers accountable. A trafficker should never escape accountability because critical information was sitting in another agency’s database.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Justice Elena Kagan’s majority opinion on Monday dismantles that theory piece by piece.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
A consortium has agreed to buy Patrick Drahi’s French telecommunications operations for more than $23 billion, in a deal that dismantles a major plank of the billionaire’s once-sprawling business empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
"This obviously completely dismantles Hugo Chavez’s oil model," said oil analyst Francisco Monaldi, while pointing out that the state will retain some discretion over the issuing of contracts to private players.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
He dismantles the machine, stares into its circuits, lets his fingers trace the journeys of electrons.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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The Seagram empire eventually was dismantled and sold off, with Diageo ending up with the Crown Royal brand.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Only a few metres away, a multi-jointed robotic arm developed by France's CEA research agency dismantled an electric battery model for recycling.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
They also dismantled Manchester City in The Community Shield, and have had an excellent transfer window to build on last season's success, when the Premier League was won and they reached the Champions League Final.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
It’s the same pattern I found this summer in Taiwan’s temples, thick with incense and unbothered worshippers, versus the mainland faith largely dismantled in the Cultural Revolution and revived only under the party’s careful management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
After test assembling every part the truss was dismantled and hoisted piece by piece to the top of the walls.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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Ultimately, World War II in Asia was about the dismantling of three empires—British, Dutch and French—and the birthing of new nations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Newsom ordered the dismantling of San Quentin’s death row and execution chamber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Zhu became known for his ardent anti-corruption drive, controversial dismantling of inefficient state-owned firms and integration of China with the global economy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Lennon acknowledged the "narrative of our city" had already changed significantly since the early days of the peace process, but he added the Fleadh has been "transformational" in dismantling preconceptions about Belfast.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Around town, they confused and horrified residents by doing things like dismantling a toaster with a screwdriver at the local department store to make sure the heating coil would toast the bread just so.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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