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For travelers on a tight timeline, a quick trip around the Damariscotta is a chance to sample the best of a state where oysters reach peak flavor just as summer crowds disperse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Moroccan police - including some in riot gear - reportedly used tear gas to disperse groups of migrants gathered on nearby hills.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Astronomers estimate that the Lion Nebula will eventually disperse in approximately 10,000 years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

In the eastern state of Bihar, a police official was suspended for using an assault rifle to disperse student protesters in Siwan district on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Later that fall, in Moscow, Khrushchev declared that "the clouds of war have begun to disperse."

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

Simple things like the way your body disperses fat, aging, or skin laxity can create asymmetry.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026

His group fundraises and disperses money to young candidates it backs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

The dung beetle, which disperses seeds as it rolls its dung balls, fertilizing topsoil and enhancing biodiversity and engineering its environment, normally orients itself using the Milky Way and the moon.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

The crowd disperses, moving from the big top to the parking lot and beyond, to the edges of the town.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

“That’s a huge lift for some of these small, dispersed jurisdictions to figure out how to use USPS’s portal and submit names.”

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026

The researchers think some of the site's more unusual plants may have arrived without human assistance, possibly carried or dispersed by wildlife such as deer.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Cartridges fixed on the aircraft's wings contain a substance that, when dispersed, sticks to cloud droplets, making them heavy enough to fall as rain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The answer isn’t straightforward, in part because its chapters are too dispersed to fit one label.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The haze dispersed, and Nhamo realized she was in a far worse situation than she could ever have imagined.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

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

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Her travel patterns continue to demonstrate the unpredictable movements of a dispersing wolf seeking a mate and territory of its own,” John Marchwick, of the educational group California Wolf Watch, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

The teachers have come now and are dispersing everyone.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh