dispersing

Example Sentences

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This has proven to be an effective tool in dispersing large gatherings of youths, helping to prevent anti-social behaviour and criminality taking place in the area; whilst supporting our city centre community.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Tehran appears to have moved some of its missiles and truck launchers out of the bunkers before the war began, hoping to protect them from attack by dispersing them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Energy and momentum travel through the gas indefinitely instead of dispersing as heat, which is what happens in most materials.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

Iran's Fars news agency said "sporadic gatherings" took place around the bazaar during an afternoon shutdown, with police dispersing the protest and demonstrators scattering into the alleyways nearby.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Instead of dispersing, they coalesced into him, clustering in the folds of his ragged cloak, disappearing into his mouth, and flying around his head like a screaming halo.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda