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
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 announcement effectively disbands aspects of Twitter’s tool kits for penalizing accounts — from those of presidents to foreign trolls — that break the company’s rules against hate speech, bullying and spreading misinformation around elections.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2022
A member of St. Thomas Catholic Church in Madison, Johnson is spearheading an effort to make sure that the church building lives on long after the congregation disbands.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2016
An effort is being made nowadays to form a police of respectable people, a procedure which disbands the old police.
From Vautrin by Honoré de Balzac
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
She spent a year at La Masia, Barcelona's famous youth academy, but had to leave when her girls team was disbanded.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Tegna disbanded, its shareholders were paid and top Tegna executives exited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It wasn’t until 1989, in fact, that the Indianapolis Clowns officially disbanded, having outlasted the Negro Leagues themselves by several decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Here is John Lennon, in an interview after the Beatles disbanded, talking about the band’s performances at a Hamburg strip club called the Indra: We got better and got more confidence.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Mr. Mamdani may have been gratuitous in firing and disbanding the advisory board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He announced the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
The New York state party responded by disbanding its Young Republican group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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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