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dispatcher

[dih-spach-er] / dɪˈspætʃ ər /




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The dispatcher asked the caller for a verification code, which the caller did not have.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

“I met him a couple times over here by my job,” she told the dispatcher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Her father, Drahos, worked as a train dispatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

The dispatcher could hear a lot of noise, but nothing else.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

The dispatcher picked up at 6:48:45 a.m., according to the official recording.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

“We have a helicopter down right off of Pebbly Beach,” emergency dispatchers said over the radio, according to an audio recording of the incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The one year pay deal covers Menzies dispatchers, allocators, airside agents, and controllers.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

PJM’s energy dispatchers essentially function as air-traffic controllers, rerouting power as needed to meet demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

According to recordings of dispatch audio from San Diego police reviewed by The Times, dispatchers told officers in the field at approximately 11:05 a.m. to be on the lookout for a “possible terroristic threat.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

It was an odd and familiar sound—Joe Castiglione’s voice and the crack of the bat, layered with occasional farty blips and cryptic messages between cops and dispatchers.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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