dispatch
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Protocols to begin the "gradual restoration" of power were activated, the operator's national load dispatch director Felix Estrada said, with the process ongoing on Saturday.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
But state and county tax revenue would plummet further should Paramount dispatch hundreds of its workers to Tennessee or some other state, Klowden said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
A dispatch from the Survivor cruise: Why are people still so obsessed with America’s most successful reality show 50 seasons in?
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
The shipper Sea Legend will dispatch the Dubai Tower from Ningbo, China, to Felixstowe in the U.K. on what it calls the Arctic Express, following a route along Russia’s north coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
She worked with energy and dispatch, but on occasion a numbness took hold of her and she caught herself singing that odd and memorable song and looking out beyond the crystal pillars at the sky.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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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
In the viral reaction to these dispatches, there seems to be a redemptive longing for a U.S. whose image has been complicated at home and abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
They ignored the numbers and filled their dispatches with adjectives indicating a doom that, hilariously, the study didn’t support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
A British agent in Redding, Connecticut, sent in another report: “Private dispatches are frequently sent” from New York “by way of Setauket, where a certain Brewster receives them, at, or near a certain woman’s.”
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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After Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier, he dispatched Robinson to the Dodgers’ triple-A team in Montreal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Sinner hadn’t traveled to the tournament due to a knee injury and Shelton had personally dispatched Alcaraz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
The Scottish Ambulance Service said it had dispatched three ambulances, two special operations response teams, a paramedic response unit and a critical care paramedic.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
We dispatched staff to Angola, which was several hours away, to meet the men when they were released, sparing them the midnight bus trip.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Morgan Gibbs-White: Quality on the ball and got the assist for Ndoye before dispatching his second-half penalty in style.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Navy is reportedly dispatching another carrier, the USS George Washington, to replace the Lincoln.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 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
In part by dispatching health workers with megaphones to remind residents in traffic-clogged streets not to shake hands or hug.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Finally, Secretary Stinson was contacted and made good on his word by quickly dispatching troops to clear the parade route.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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