dispersal

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Officers were called to Clapham High Street on Tuesday evening and put a dispersal order in place to move the young people out of the area.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"This is largely because oil floats, so the dispersal of oil remains on the surface and doesn't really interact with corals except in the most shallow areas," Burt said.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Police Department issuing a dispersal order at about 6:30 p.m., according to City News Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

On average, mosses now begin releasing spores about four weeks earlier than they did in 1990, and the peak of spore dispersal arrives roughly six weeks sooner.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

Other variation, such as that in seed dispersal mechanisms or seed dormancy, would have gone unrecognized by humans before the rise of modern botany.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond