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dispatch

[dih-spach] / dɪˈspætʃ /






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Argentina was locked in a tense battle with a team they were supposed to dispatch with ease.

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

When Jarvis took to the dispatch box, he was keen to boast about the extra £1.5bn he's secured from the Treasury in the few weeks he's been in the job.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

I whirl around, at first convinced that the clerk somehow knows my name, and then wondering whether it’s Helen herself, or one of the other girls from dispatch.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

The Southern California native is known as someone who Musk dispatches to solve tough technical problems, former employees have said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

In the evenings I would sit before this television bearing witness to the dispatches from this other world.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The company, which dispatched 351 planes between January and the end of June, is aiming for roughly 870 commercial aircraft deliveries this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Canberra summoned the Laos ambassador and dispatched an envoy to Laos to convey the government's objections and urge justice for the two Australian women who died, the government said in a statement.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

In the game he missed at these finals, they were dispatched 4-1 by France.

From BBC Jul. 9, 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

When he received a favorable report from Folsom, he dispatched a work crew to dig out the bones.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

After dispatching Djokovic, he will have every confidence that he possesses the weaponry and experience to overcome Zverev, who he has not lost to since 2023.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The Lakers followed the lead of their oldest member, the triple-double producing LeBron James, in dispatching the Wizards 120-101 at Crypto.com Arena on Monday night.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

It has been dispatching engineers to China to see how it manages to build reactors comparatively quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

He spoke after dispatching a top adviser to Moscow last week, in the first such meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

But they were luckier than usual: once they surprised a large fisher in the very act of dispatching a porcupine.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford




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