dispatch
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No, that’s not a dispatch from topsy-turvy land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The quicksilver changes of scene in this urban hellscape are handled with crisp dispatch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
A dispatch from a dramatic tennis match: This year’s U.S.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company led by Alejandro Betancourt plans to dispatch more than 50 drilling rigs to turbocharge the country’s anemic crude production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Take this to Maester Aemon when you leave, and tell him to dispatch a bird to King’s Landing.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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They were all trailblazers and trendsetters, their tales relayed through continental dispatches and espresso-fuelled Saturday morning showreels.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
There Steinem wrote one of the first mainstream media dispatches from the women’s movement, covering a 1969 abortion speak-out in Greenwich Village, where woman after woman shared stories of terminating pregnancies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Back on the road, Charlotte and Connor barely have time to make themselves available to the dispatches team before another job comes in.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Southern California native is known as someone who Musk dispatches to solve tough technical problems, former employees have said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
These dispatches gave Washington valuable information about the ever-worsening condition of Cornwallis’s army.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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The owner of a Sri Lankan shipping repair company that dispatched a team to an Iranian ship just before the onset of the new restrictions found that provisions on the tanker were dwindling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
After Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier, he dispatched Robinson to the Dodgers’ triple-A team in Montreal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the write-up of the survey dispatched to clients Tuesday, Deutsche Bank’s clients are also a little bit less hawkish than the consensus.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Senate, two-term Sen. Ed Markey, an 80-year-old progressive, easily dispatched the more moderate Rep. Seth Moulton, 47.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
France dispatched thirty-two observers, Britain eighteen more, and still others set out from Sweden, Russia, Italy, Germany, Ireland, and elsewhere.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Seventh a lap later, after dispatching Lando Norris' McLaren.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“I expected a very rowdy court, rowdy match,” the 20-year-old Irvine native said after dispatching Monfils in straight sets on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Navy is reportedly dispatching another carrier, the USS George Washington, to replace the Lincoln.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was dispatching a team to inspect the damage, calling the incident "deeply concerning".
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
Once he forged his chain, his secret father and his friends wasted no time dispatching him to Winterfell to fill Lord Rickard’s ears with poisoned words as sweet as honey.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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