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dismantle

[dis-man-tl] / dɪsˈmæn tl /


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It directs every relevant agency to investigate and dismantle its operations.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

The United States must "immediately end this unlawful policy and dismantle the mass detention and deportation machine", Amnesty said.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

The executive order is part of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle Mexican drug cartels that includes the Jalisco New Genertion Cartel and the Beltran Leyva Organization.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Swiatek, a six-time major winner, lost just one of the first 17 points in the match as she proceeded to dismantle the Czech, racing into a four-game lead.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Maybe having a mom who also wants to dismantle the patriarchy and a dad who wears frilly aprons will do that.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

“Collaboration recovers children sooner, links investigation, dismantles trafficking organizations and holds traffickers accountable. A trafficker should never escape accountability because critical information was sitting in another agency’s database.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The move dismantles the bet on convergence Roberts made 15 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Justice Elena Kagan’s majority opinion on Monday dismantles that theory piece by piece.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

The split effectively dismantles a 15-year strategy built on vertical integration.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

He dismantles the machine, stares into its circuits, lets his fingers trace the journeys of electrons.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

But in a housing crisis where the working solution is to build, build, build, some of the area’s least expensive housing has been steadily dismantled over the decades.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

But the army said its operations, which lasted more than a month, targeted the kidnappers' wider networks and dismantled several hideouts in the forests of Old Oyo National Park.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

It said they identified those behind the abduction and dismantled their support network, including informants and hideouts in the Old Oyo National Park forest.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The government faced criticism earlier this year after it dismantled a large camp holding displaced families of Islamic State fighters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

I dismantled the pillow fort enough to make the couch sit-able again.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

The US titan accused the EU of dismantling safety protections on Google Play.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

It isn’t the ICC that Mr. Rubio is dismantling “brick by brick.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

West Cumbria Rivers Trust is dismantling a redundant weir at Glinger Burn near Longtown to help the eel and other fish migrate up and down the river more easily.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Bradley said dismantling the vessel was the best way of clearing the stranded ship which had "some quite big holes" in the hull.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Conversely, Europe, in its rush toward political and economic unity today, will have to devote much thought to how to avoid dismantling the underlying reason behind its successes of the last five centuries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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