dispatching

Example Sentences

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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

After dispatching Burnley with ease on Friday, the Whites are nine points and four places above 18th-placed Tottenham, who occupy the third and final relegation spot.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Any rational onlooker would assume that the Trojans had held on for good, dispatching of the Ducks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 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

Four hundred watts of white light blasted through the troll’s crimson eyes, dispatching lightning rods of agony to the brain.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer