dispatch
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But we can wholeheartedly recommend this dispatch from Slate’s Alexander Sammon, who visited his local Taco Bell to eat chalupas with the brave Americans who aren’t letting the risk of a parasite ruin their appetite.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
WASHINGTON—Emergency responders sent to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s home Saturday night performed CPR on an individual suffering from cardiac arrest, according to dispatch audio reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Nearly three weeks later, audio of an emergency dispatch call to McConnell’s address in Washington, DC surfaced.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
But emergency dispatch audio reported by US media has deepened concern in Washington, indicating that responders were sent that morning to McConnell's address for an unconscious person and that CPR was in progress.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
All of a sudden I became aware of shouting in the dispatch room where Mae and I sat.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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The clips were among thousands of reels, memes and first-person dispatches that flooded Instagram once protesters regained internet access.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Beyond dispatches from his red-and-white-checkered tablecloth joint and name-dropping, Dan Tana’s memoir outlines his significant contributions to soccer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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
In the viral reaction to these dispatches, there seems to be a redemptive longing for a U.S. whose image has been complicated at home and abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
I narrated my college life in exacting detail to both my parents like a homesteader dutifully providing dispatches from the frontier.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The supplies are being dispatched by supporters from as far as thousands of kilometres away who cannot join the protesters but are determined to help them.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The reports said that 213 people were evacuated by the more than 500 rescue personnel dispatched to the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
An ambulance was not dispatched until 21:12, and arrived at 21:19 - almost three-and-a-half hours after his first call to 999.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the longest-serving Senate party leader in American history, has not been seen in public since he was hospitalized on June 14 after emergency responders were dispatched to his Washington residence.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Every year, he dispatched his most promising graduate astronomers to the great European centers of scientific learning, such as Cambridge, Manchester, Paris, or Gottingen, Germany.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Martina Bergman Osterberg was a powerhouse liberal, a college owner and principal who strategically and scientifically set out to build "physically perfect" women before dispatching them to teach and create more in their likeness.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Saudi Arabia had diverted its oil exports to its Red Sea ports and out the Bab al Mandeb, dispatching some 4.5 million barrels via that route per day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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
It’s also true that thousands of homes might still be standing if the state and city of L.A. had done a better job of managing woodlands and rapidly dispatching firefighters and equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Finally, Secretary Stinson was contacted and made good on his word by quickly dispatching troops to clear the parade route.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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