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Shortly after he started sending subpoena notices, Greenberg said, he received a call from the prosecutor informing him they were dismissing the charges.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023

On Sept. 13, the attorney general’s staff wrote in court papers that they were dismissing three trafficking cases because a witness had recanted and dropping the other four because they were “unable to locate victim.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

The WHO was concerned that people were dismissing Omicron as mild.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2021

“In all candor, for years, we were dismissing these charges” or finding alternate ways to handle such cases, said Conley, who is now in private practice at Mintz, a Boston law firm.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021

All over Harlem during the hour or so before that, Christian church services were dismissing.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey