dispatcher
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Her father, Drahos, worked as a train dispatcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The dispatcher could hear a lot of noise, but nothing else.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Filipino ferry dispatcher Dave Delos Reyes has been handing out N95 masks for nearly three weeks to protect passengers against the smoke that a landfill fire has sent billowing above a stretch of Manila Bay.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
“My father has been illegally detained,” he told the dispatcher nervously, stumbling over his words.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
It was a boy matching the description given out by the dispatcher: approximately five feet tall, ninety pounds, sandy brown hair.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
The one year pay deal covers Menzies dispatchers, allocators, airside agents, and controllers.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The dispatchers continued to tell him to just hang in there and wait.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
PJM’s energy dispatchers essentially function as air-traffic controllers, rerouting power as needed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Monday, police and fire dispatchers each received calls that a white Tesla had veered off the road and onto the sidewalk, before smashing through several glass windows of the restaurant at 17513 W. Chatsworth St.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026
It was an odd and familiar sound—Joe Castiglione’s voice and the crack of the bat, layered with occasional farty blips and cryptic messages between cops and dispatchers.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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"My Favorite Chaperone," Vocabulary from the short story
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