Example Sentences
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First came the phone calls: the kayaker alerted activists, who informed the state, which dispatched a team of investigators to inspect the stone structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the longest-serving Senate party leader in American history, has not been seen in public since he was hospitalized on June 14 after emergency responders were dispatched to his Washington residence.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Hundreds of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York field office had been dispatched to assist the local police.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez has defended the government reaction, saying thousands of public officials and rescue teams were dispatched.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
An Osage delegation, including the chief Wah-Ti-An-Kah, was urgently dispatched to Washington, D.C., to petition the commissioner of Indian Affairs to abolish the ration system.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
