disband
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Given the pattern, universities would do well to disband these organizations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Last year the PKK announced plans to disband and disarm, following a call from its jailed founder and longtime leader Ocalan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Last month, the trust announced it was planning to disband and transfer all its schools to other trusts.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Rather than disband the Vermont Rainbow Coalition after the 1984 primary, they kept the group going, endorsing candidates in campaigns for the legislature and statewide office in each of the next three election cycles.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
His Majesty had expressly ordered all such militia companies to disband.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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Such a rebuild may include the promotion of some of the club's best academy players, who stand to benefit if the first-team squad disbands.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Before the mayor disbands the SRG, I would urge him to check the facts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
It disbands a myriad of existing working groups and replaces them with a centralized system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
The nine-member task force officially disbands Friday, but Democrat state Sen. Steven Bradford told the audience that the “final report is not the end of the work. It is really just the beginning.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
For about four days," I said; "until the convention disbands.
From They Call Me Carpenter by Upton Sinclair
In yet another sign that the company is tightening its focus on commercial AI applications, Google disbanded its AlphaFold research team in July.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Tegna disbanded, its shareholders were paid and top Tegna executives exited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Since the group disbanded in 1987, he has become a serial collaborator, working with everyone from The Pretenders and Talking Heads to Bryan Ferry, Oasis, Blondie, Beck, Modest Mouse, The Cribs and Franz Ferdinand.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
It wasn’t until 1989, in fact, that the Indianapolis Clowns officially disbanded, having outlasted the Negro Leagues themselves by several decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
“Since the Indianapolis experiment was disbanded, which was about eight years ago. I could have integrated into the greater population, outside the experiments, but that felt too overwhelming.”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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Discovery is expected to close Tuesday, disbanding Warner’s corporate structure and retiring Warner investors at $31.17 a share.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The group had successful albums and several chart smashes such as Beep, Stickwitu, Jai Ho! and When I Grow Up before eventually disbanding in 2010.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Before disbanding in 1991, it was the only such alliance in history whose members invaded each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
He announced the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
Chief Buthelezi called for the abolition of the Record of Understanding, the ending of CODESA, and the disbanding of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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