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The government has dismantled much of the Chapitos organization, particularly Iván Archivaldo’s network of close confidants and lieutenants.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

He uses blue toilet cleaner to prevent patients from watering down their urine and has dismantled a spigot on the bathroom faucet to keep them from using warm water for the same purpose.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2024

Over the past month, the Chinese government has dismantled many of the restrictions it imposed to quash the virus’s spread.

From Scientific American • Dec. 19, 2022

Qatar has dismantled much of what is known as the “kafala” system, which tied workers to their employers and made it virtually impossible for them to quit or change jobs without permission.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2022

And even the slow change that has dismantled that busy place, and established it as the quiet farmstead that I see, holds a hope within it.

From The Thread of Gold by Benson, Arthur Christopher