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dissolve

[dih-zolv] / dɪˈzɒlv /




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Now, as global trade norms dissolve and the U.S. threatens to annex neighboring Greenland, for some here, joining the EU looks like a smart geopolitical insurance policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Faced with compounding fees, hundreds of thousands of shell companies would likely dissolve.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

I’m a huge fan of the corporate death penalty, a legal process in which a corporation is forced to dissolve or stop existing.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Since then, California Justice Center and Advocates for Faith & Freedom have filed a motion asking the state court to dissolve the injunction blocking Chino Valley’s original parent notification policy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The wooden waves of her hair dissolve into the timbers of the ship.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Instead, the Royal Mint uses a process that dissolves the gold at room temperature.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

“The Invite” skilfully dissolves a complaint that has plagued the romantic comedy genre for years.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

The emotional intensity of the moment dissolves, the wounds heal, and time marches onward.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

The song dissolves with another harp glissando that’s seamlessly replaced by the chunky, churning beat of “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

November 7 After school That one gesture dissolves the last of my hate spell.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

In 1890, the North River Sugar Refining Corporation was dissolved by New York’s highest court on the grounds that it was abusing its power as a corporation.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

The option of real neutrality dissolved with the failure of the Maginot Line, France’s string of defensive installations along its border with Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

"Our group's investigations had already revealed that bacteria can use uranium dissolved in water for their metabolism when they have access to glycerol as a food source."

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

A spokesperson explained that high temperatures created the conditions that "significantly" reduced dissolved oxygen levels in the water.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

It reminded me of the way the Cocoon had dissolved in water, like it had never even been there.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Grok comes from xAI, which SpaceX merged with in February. xAI no longer exists, with SpaceX dissolving the entity recently.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

And no moment has stayed with me longer than Roberto Baggio’s missed penalty kick in the 1994 World Cup final, his head bowed, ponytail falling forward, a nation’s hopes dissolving in the Pasadena heat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Water can continue flowing through these crystals, dissolving them and making the systems relatively easy to clean.

From Science Daily May 31, 2026

The Backrooms takes this to the extreme - a physical symbol of memories "dissolving into themselves".

From BBC May 29, 2026

Wendell Phillips argued that the group, instead of dissolving, should continue to work until all freed slaves and other African Americans had the right to vote.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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