disband
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The couple formed part of a 99-strong group of guerrillas who struck a deal with outgoing President Gustavo Petro to disband two months ago.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Hundreds protested outside the group's inaugural meeting and a petition calling for the society to disband reached over 18,000 signatures.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 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
In 1949, Down Beat magazine, long a champion, even urged him to disband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
“You’d be breaking the Bureau’s biggest oath. They could disband the entire Bureau for this. Amari, they’d throw you into Blackstone.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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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
"My son is in water up to his waist out there in Argonne," echoes a third, as the group disbands.
From With Those Who Wait by Frances Wilson Huard
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
After the Ballet Russe disbanded, Monson de Kansky toured with the Marquis de Cuevas ballet company for nine years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
David Koepp, who wrote the screenplay based on an original story by Spielberg, referenced real-life congressional testimony and reports from Project Blue Book, an Air Force program which investigated UFOs that was disbanded in 1969.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Hattersley also disbanded the B Specials, the controversial reserve police force, replacing it with the Ulster Defence Regiment.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
The British ATA continued ferrying aircraft until the spring of 1946, though they officially disbanded in November 1945.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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They also say the five-member board wouldn’t just disappear, and disbanding it actually would require a two-thirds vote of the 15-member City Council.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
They warn that disbanding Healthwatch would be a "significant step back" in accountability.
From BBC ● May 30, 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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