Example Sentences

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Underground journalism, unable to afford big-city rents after the tech industry ate its advertising lunch, has dispersed to the cyber void.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

Security officials said ISIS-K continues to operate from neighboring Afghanistan, but after being targeted by the Afghan Taliban, it has dispersed across the country, no longer operates in large groups and holds no physical territory.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2022

Kim has dispersed and buried most of his nuclear missiles and materials, making them very hard to hit.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2018

Brazil has dispersed more than $150 million so far for projects on issues such as agricultural productivity, biodiversity research and land-use planning.

From Nature • Mar. 31, 2015

"Coachman, as soon as the crowd has dispersed itself, you will drive on."

From The Fixed Period by Trollope, Anthony