dispersing

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Brinkema barred the justice department from taking any steps to stand up or operate the fund - including processing or dispersing claims - until a preliminary hearing on 12 June.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The strategic task then is to determine how to retain agency when technological power is concentrating rather than dispersing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The lion had been seen traversing the city since at least Sunday and probably got lost while dispersing from its mother, the agency said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 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

The commercial product usually contains combinations of several chemicals, suspended in a petroleum distillate plus some dispersing agent.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson