dispatch
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His grandfather settled in Llandudno and worked as a shoe shop manager after the First World War where he had served as a dispatch rider before being injured by shrapnel.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
A dispatch from a dramatic tennis match: This year’s U.S.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company led by Alejandro Betancourt plans to dispatch more than 50 drilling rigs to turbocharge the country’s anemic crude production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Suisun City dispatchers are taking emergency police and fire calls through the Solano County dispatch center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
It was this that prompted the Academy of Sciences to dispatch Bouguer and La Condamine to South America to take new measurements.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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His videos combined informative dispatches with the laid-back vibe of surfer ASMR.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Back on the road, Charlotte and Connor barely have time to make themselves available to the dispatches team before another job comes in.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Visitor dispatches have also focused on the cinematic appeal of everyday Americana—from our enormous trucks and big highways to In-N-Out Burger, the Florida Keys and the heartland in between.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“Time and Water” touches on the epic verse called rimurs, passed down via chanted song by Icelandic women, their descriptive, sorrowful tales like dispatches from previous ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
When Adams received word of this outrageous ultimatum, he ordered the delegation to return home, but he also withheld the official dispatches describing the bribery scheme from the Congress and the public.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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The Philippines Red Cross said it was alerted to the incident at 14:00 local time and had dispatched an ambulance with four paramedics to provide life-saving assistance.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Warsh dispatched with a complicated theoretical question from CNBC’s Steve Liesman with about 75 words and in less than 30 seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the write-up of the survey dispatched to clients Tuesday, Deutsche Bank’s clients are also a little bit less hawkish than the consensus.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Senate, two-term Sen. Ed Markey, an 80-year-old progressive, easily dispatched the more moderate Rep. Seth Moulton, 47.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
On March 11 Olmsted dispatched a long letter to Ulrich full of instructions.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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President Harry Truman made a bid to unify the warring forces, dispatching George Marshall to China in December 1945.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Navy is reportedly dispatching another carrier, the USS George Washington, to replace the Lincoln.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Martina Bergman Osterberg was a powerhouse liberal, a college owner and principal who strategically and scientifically set out to build "physically perfect" women before dispatching them to teach and create more in their likeness.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Saudi Arabia had diverted its oil exports to its Red Sea ports and out the Bab al Mandeb, dispatching some 4.5 million barrels via that route per day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
His father, who had emigrated at the turn of the century from the city of Odessa in the Ukraine, worked mainly as a trucking clerk, dispatching drivers on their routes.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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