dispersed
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Since 2021, New York has dispersed $70 million in down payment assistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Around 30 PTI supporters in Peshawar briefly chanted slogans demanding Khan's release before being dispersed by police, only to return shortly afterwards in a game of cat and mouse, AFP journalists witnessed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The university and Cefas said nurdles were "likely to have dispersed beyond the Tyne estuary out into the North Sea".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The launches are dispersed and inconspicuous—making them harder for the Russians to counter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Once the way was clear, we dispersed toward the doors.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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