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dispatcher

[dih-spach-er] / dɪˈspætʃ ər /




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“My father has been illegally detained,” he told the dispatcher nervously, stumbling over his words.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Moran, an Ecuadorean Spanish speaker, told the emergency dispatcher that she had been kidnapped.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Commuting has become so popular as of late that it’s common to hear a dispatcher request that listeners “please leave the call if you are not actively commuting.”

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

Workers quickly cleared debris from the tracks, put up heated tents for passengers, restored the electricity grid and tasked a manual dispatcher with regulating traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The dispatcher, Emilio Cisneros, was the only man holding down the fort.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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