Example Sentences

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The work suggests that resistant cancers may be made vulnerable once again, not by changing their genes, but by dismantling the repair systems that help them survive.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Experts have been warning that dismantling global public health initiatives will end up hurting Americans, too, in the end.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

In 2011 the firebrand politician achieved what many thought impossible, ending 34 uninterrupted years of Communist rule in West Bengal and dismantling one of the world's longest-serving elected left-wing governments.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

But many critics — including transit, affordable housing, environmental justice and clean water groups — said this amounts to a dismantling of the program.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Iorek Byrnison was dismantling a gas-engined tractor that had crashed; the metal covering of the engine was twisted and buckled and one runner bent upward.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman