disband
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The couple formed part of a 99-strong group of guerrillas who struck a deal with outgoing President Gustavo Petro to disband two months ago.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Rather than disband the Vermont Rainbow Coalition after the 1984 primary, they kept the group going, endorsing candidates in campaigns for the legislature and statewide office in each of the next three election cycles.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
In 1949, Down Beat magazine, long a champion, even urged him to disband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
It was the inner circle, a cabal I’d tried to disband for more than a decade.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
If we lose, my teammates will disband for the season, and it’ll be that much harder to follow Ren around.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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Before the mayor disbands the SRG, I would urge him to check the facts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
It disbands a myriad of existing working groups and replaces them with a centralized system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
The nine-member task force officially disbands Friday, but Democrat state Sen. Steven Bradford told the audience that the “final report is not the end of the work. It is really just the beginning.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
But with little time left before Congress disbands for the year, it is unclear whether lawmakers will take any further steps to bring Rosenstein back for an interview.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2018
It arms, disarms, raises and disbands Officers and Soldiers, without being accomptable to the State.
In yet another sign that the company is tightening its focus on commercial AI applications, Google disbanded its AlphaFold research team in July.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Since the group disbanded in 1987, he has become a serial collaborator, working with everyone from The Pretenders and Talking Heads to Bryan Ferry, Oasis, Blondie, Beck, Modest Mouse, The Cribs and Franz Ferdinand.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
David Koepp, who wrote the screenplay based on an original story by Spielberg, referenced real-life congressional testimony and reports from Project Blue Book, an Air Force program which investigated UFOs that was disbanded in 1969.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Pandemic Horde suffered such a staggering defeat that the group ultimately disbanded.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Since the Indianapolis experiment was disbanded, which was about eight years ago. I could have integrated into the greater population, outside the experiments, but that felt too overwhelming.”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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Before disbanding in 1991, it was the only such alliance in history whose members invaded each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
He dramatically curbed the powers of the religious establishment, disbanding the Islamic police and ending the funding for ultra-conservative proselytization overseas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
He announced the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
The administration has also expressed interest in disbanding FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as early as this fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2025
That when he goes home, he won’t have to constantly freak out about his squad disbanding.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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