dispersal
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A total of 24 children are now on a "watchlist" and officers are using dispersal notices to ban troublemakers from the city centre.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Their dispersal has touched off a global scramble to track down who went where and to contain an obscure form of rat-borne virus that rarely spreads between humans.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
They also denied hearing any dispersal orders or warnings before they were injured.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Glasgow signed up to the Home Office's dispersal scheme in 1999, making it a key hub for people being housed after arriving in the UK seeking asylum.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
While Madison's frame of reference was instinctively political, and idealized the dispersal of power naturally checked by the inherent diversity of diffused interest groups, Hamilton’s cast of mind was instinctively economic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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