dismantle
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It directs every relevant agency to investigate and dismantle its operations.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
The executive order is part of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle Mexican drug cartels that includes the Jalisco New Genertion Cartel and the Beltran Leyva Organization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
It said they exploded "while preparations were underway" to dismantle them.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Swiatek, a six-time major winner, lost just one of the first 17 points in the match as she proceeded to dismantle the Czech, racing into a four-game lead.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He had not wanted Dedd to accom-pany me either, but she said she could not allow me to dismantle my house alone.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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Justice Elena Kagan’s majority opinion on Monday dismantles that theory piece by piece.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
The agreement requires the Lebanese state to take back control of its territory a little at a time as it disarms and dismantles the militant group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
"If England's attack fires and dismantles Australia's batting order, the McCullum-Stokes masterplan will have them join the list of successful English leaders in Australia."
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
Once the event concludes, the crew dismantles the frame and removes the sand using equipment that looks like a modified small tractor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
He dismantles the machine, stares into its circuits, lets his fingers trace the journeys of electrons.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Even some Canadian economists and pundits have called for it to be dismantled or reformed.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But in a housing crisis where the working solution is to build, build, build, some of the area’s least expensive housing has been steadily dismantled over the decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the renewed US blockade "has, in a way, dismantled the Islamabad memorandum", referring to the interim deal reached last month to halt hostilities and pursue peace talks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
It said they identified those behind the abduction and dismantled their support network, including informants and hideouts in the Old Oyo National Park forest.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
There’s no bell by the door, or there was a bell, but it’s been dismantled, or chewed up by a wild animal, only a bunch of ravaged wires sticking out.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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The US titan accused the EU of dismantling safety protections on Google Play.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
It isn’t the ICC that Mr. Rubio is dismantling “brick by brick.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
West Cumbria Rivers Trust is dismantling a redundant weir at Glinger Burn near Longtown to help the eel and other fish migrate up and down the river more easily.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Bradley said dismantling the vessel was the best way of clearing the stranded ship which had "some quite big holes" in the hull.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
In another Brown decision in 1955, the court ruled that the dismantling of separate school systems must happen with “all deliberate speed.”
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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