disband
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Last year the PKK announced plans to disband and disarm, following a call from its jailed founder and longtime leader Ocalan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 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
Coveting the directorship as a way to build his own bureaucratic empire, Hoover concealed from Stone the extent of his role in domestic surveillance operations and promised to disband the intelligence division.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Such a rebuild may include the promotion of some of the club's best academy players, who stand to benefit if the first-team squad disbands.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
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 nine-member task force officially disbands Friday, but Democrat state Sen. Steven Bradford told the audience that the “final report is not the end of the work. It is really just the beginning.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
A last roll is given to the drum, and the army disbands.
From The Long Ago by J. W. (Jacob William) Wright
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
While the Frames never officially disbanded, Hansard released albums as a duo with Irglová under the Swell Season moniker and as a solo artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Right down the street from us was the Gaslight Café, a folk club my father co-managed after the Highwaymen disbanded in 1964.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Hattersley also disbanded the B Specials, the controversial reserve police force, replacing it with the Ulster Defence Regiment.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Seeing that it had worked for me, my sisters invented similar stories, and together we announced that the Sedaris Trio had officially disbanded.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Discovery is expected to close Tuesday, disbanding Warner’s corporate structure and retiring Warner investors at $31.17 a share.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Before disbanding in 1991, it was the only such alliance in history whose members invaded each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
The group went on to achieve a string of top 10 hits and sold millions of albums before disbanding in 2013.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
He announced the disbanding of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
The voices of Edna’s disbanding guests jarred like a discordant note upon the quiet harmony of the night.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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