dispersal
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"This is largely because oil floats, so the dispersal of oil remains on the surface and doesn't really interact with corals except in the most shallow areas," Burt said.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
“This dispersal across Europe, like an archipelago of power, will complicate our adversaries’ calculus,” Macron said while standing in front of a French nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine at France’s Île Longue base off the Brittany coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
More recently the dispersal powers have been used alongside new Firework Control Zones in parts of Edinburgh following repeated incidents around Bonfire Night.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
The Los Angeles Police Department issued a dispersal order for the area of Alameda Street between Union Station and 1st Street.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026
Other variation, such as that in seed dispersal mechanisms or seed dormancy, would have gone unrecognized by humans before the rise of modern botany.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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