dispersal
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Dispersal season, when coyotes go looking for their own territory, typically lasts from fall to early winter, but it’s not unheard of in January, Wilkinson wrote in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
Dispersal notices, which remain in place for 48 hours, were issued at about 20:40 GMT on Wednesday.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2023
Dispersal is a dangerous business; more than half of itinerant wild dogs die within a year of departing their pack.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2022
He ended up working for Britain’s Petroleum Warfare Department and sharing a patent for something called FIDO, or Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation, which helped clear fog so aircraft could land in bad weather conditions.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2021
An Augustinian Priory stood here before the Dissolution, but when the Great Dispersal took place it had already decayed and no great tragedy occurred.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric
Vocabulary lists containing dispersal
Academic Vocabulary, Literary Terms, and Vocabulary from Readings, Unit 5
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