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Strong winds at high altitudes can weaken or disperse the disturbances before they reach the mesosphere, where they may become visible through a phenomenon known as airglow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

A police officer told AFP that police fired shots into the air to disperse a crowd in Bara, a town in the province's western Khyber district, and five people were detained as dozens protested there.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

A few months later, a different judge found that the department had violated previous court restrictions by using projectile weapons to disperse crowds at protests against immigration enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

"The teams and suppliers building satellites now are the ones able to develop the next generation of a related technology, and once they disperse, they are very hard to reassemble."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

I saw him casually wipe his left eye with the back of his hand as he ended his prayer and the small crowd began to disperse.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

The heat is affecting how air pollution disperses over the region, National Weather Service meteorologist Carol Ciliberti said Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

But as tech talent disperses to the likes of Austin, Texas, that reason may become less important.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

When you season the crumbs directly, you’re ensuring that flavor disperses evenly throughout the loaf rather than pooling in pockets.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

"It can promote feelings of unity among neighbouring communities and villages. It disperses groups of related males, stopping groups of related males developing strong loyalties and starting feuds with the related males nearby," she suggests.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025

After waiting by turns for three hours the queue disperses.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

The dispersed management team gets together a few times a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The university and Cefas said nurdles were "likely to have dispersed beyond the Tyne estuary out into the North Sea".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The dispersed ash eventually settles out of the atmosphere, permitting the Sun’s rays to shine fully on the surface again – reviving agriculture and ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The knowledge behind artificial intelligence is widely dispersed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

But when the service ended and we all dispersed to our tents, a funereal gloom hung over Base Camp.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The rotating forces improved their performance, as they became more adept at dispersing and concealing themselves and using electronic warfare, said the Army official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Rather than dispersing evenly in every direction, heat can follow routes determined by the structure of a crystal.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

But as Southern California’s focus shifts to the sweltering heat expected for the day and the rest of the week, an expert noted that soot and particulate matter may not be dispersing normally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Police officers on horseback have been dispersing crowds trying to gather along Nairobi streets.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

I poked my finger down into the mouth of my volcano, and it toppled, dispersing the golden grains into little swirls.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison